According to Deborah Custance and Jennifer Mayer, researchers at Goldsmiths College in London, pet dogs show a submissive or calm behavior with a person in distress — even someone they don’t know. This suggests that canines have a greater e…

We All Are Capable Of Empathy.. But How Often Do We Use It?I was reading a beautiful article about empathy the other day and it inspired me to share a few of my own thoughts about it. Empathy! We all know we are capable of it, how often do we really us…

Vocational skills are important. But empathy is also increasingly seen as a skill that is crucial to a wider and wider array of jobs, including many that don’t exist yet. That’s why, for example, Ashoka Changemakers ran a competition this s…

by Kyle Dyer, 9NEWS Psychologist Dr. Max Wachtel recommends having empathy for the bully to combat their behavior.Having empathy for a bully actually helps the child affected in many ways. Dr. Wachtel offered these examples:They have more (and bet…