Rats have been observed showing empathy-driven behavior, such as freeing trapped companions from restrainers. This behavior also extends toward strangers, but with a catch—rats require prior, positive social interactions with the type of the unfa…

How do you deal with the inevitable conflicts in your life? In this online video retreat, Diane Musho Hamilton, Zen teacher and professional mediator, will guide you through getting past the tradtional fight-or-flight response and show you how to appro…

There is strong evidence that reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and improve wellbeing throughout life, new research carried out for The Reading Agency has found.The report, c…

True compassion is hard work, but it’s worthwhile. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”\ In trying to help him, I …