Many of us assume that we only have so much compassion to spare. But research says we can build our capacity to alleviate suffering. Compassion is a powerful moral emotion—it moves us to care for the suffering of others, and enables us to&nb…

I’m a little behind on my reading, so I only just got to last week’s New Yorker. In it, I discovered a remarkable, thought-provoking essay by superstar psychologist Paul Bloom. It’s called “The Baby in the Well: The case ag…

Bring up the word autism and you’ll hear a great many theories. Simon Baron-Cohen, the man who I believe has singlehandedly done more damage to the perception of autistics than any other human being (though there are arguably a number of people vying f…

Narcissists are missing that piece about valuing and caring in their relationships … they have poor relationship skills.My challenge: to build empathy and relationship skills in young men intensely focused on the self. By the time a young person…