In a case that has rocked a small town and drawn the attention of the nation, the recent events in Steubenville Ohio are alarming on several levels. Our culture seems to be spinning downward. For me, this case is about empathy. How could those who…

Paul Burstow MP is the former Minister for Social Care. Paul has prompted me to bring my thoughts and experiences together as he has written asking me for my thoughts on the question ‘how do we embed compassion?’.   An important quest…

As children, hate, violence, apathy and greed were as foreign to us as  having to pay bills just to survive. We played with other children on our street, helped one another when we tripped and fell from running so fast, and really had no idea abou…

Compassion means to feel what others are feeling – especially when they are feeling pain or sadness. Compassion is inside of all of us. It doesn’t matter if you are a girl or a boy, how old you are, what country you live in, where or if you…