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Defining and Understanding Compassion

What Makes a Compassionate Man?

Cynical about Compassion

Heal Your Brain

Being Compassionate is Good you…

The Brain Can be Trained in Compassion

The Compassion Gap

The Lasting Impacts of Poverty on the Brain

The Law of Least Effort

The Neurobiology of “We” Relationship is the Flow of Energy and Information Between People, Essential in our Development

Can Science Show Us Secrets Of Making Better Decisions?

Social Scientists Build Case for 'Survival of the Kindest'

3D Compassion

The New Science of Mind

The Neuroscience of Why Gratitude Makes Us Healthier

Evolution of Compassion

Why Do Human Beings Do Good Things? The Puzzle of Altruism

Why We Are Wired to Connect

Top 10 Scientific Benefits of Compassion

Compassion Can Be Cultivated In The Brain, Study Finds

Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion

What Does Science Teach Us About Well-Being?

Don’t Fear Death, Rather Plan for It

How to Actually Accomplish Those Goals You're Setting

How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”

Is Compassion Still Necessary?

March 28, 1941: Virginia Woolf's Suicide Letter

Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional

Reasons Why Empathy is Important in a Relationship

The Role of Empathy in Healthcare: Real Balance Global Wellness Services

Steven Pinker on the Mind as a System of ‘Organs of Computation’

The South African Version Of 'Sesame Street' Is Different In One Eye-Opening Way

Woman Dies After Farewell to Horse at Wigan Hospital

Shaikh Abdullah Shaves Head to Support Children with Cancer

An Open Letter to Everyone Being Negative Around Me

Gifts of a Life Span an Ocean and Cultures

Compassion Can Drive Aggression

Our Greatest Enemy isn't What you Think

Devin Kohlman, Ohio Boy Who Came Home for Early Christmas, Dies

Compassion: Universally Misunderstood

Our Brains Are Hardwired For Compassion

Are We Becoming Less Compassionate, Less Fully Human?

Happiness in Color by Piet Pedersen

Discovering Happiness

The 9 Happiness Mistakes You're Probably Making

Just One Thing: Accept Dependence

10 Ways to Show Love to Someone With Depression

Happiness is a Skill

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

100 Things I Am Grateful for Today

7 Power Mantras to Help You Through a Difficult Day

A Short Guide to a Happy Life: Possibly the Best Speech Ever Made

How to Build a Happier Brain

Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

Albert Camus on Happiness, Unhappiness, and Our Self-Imposed Prisons

The Contagion Theory On Happiness

Happiness Now: What do the U.N., Pharrell and Ellen Have in Common?

Seven Habits of Optimistic People

The Compassion Instinct

The Powerful (Happiness) Side Effects of Self Compassion

Painting by Piet Pederson

Discovering Kindness

Discovery: 'Kindness' Gene so Powerful it can be Detected by Strangers in 20 Seconds

22 Random Acts of Kindness

A Simple act of Kindness in an Otherwise Crazy World Becomes a Teaching Moment

Compassion Saved my Life — and it Could Save Millions More

Deadly Drinking Game Inspires Kindness Video Craze Across Globe

Ebola Relief Efforts Wrap Up in Louisville, KY

The Unsung Hero in the Checkout Counter

What I Learned From My 60 Deliberate Acts in 60 Days Kindness Birthday Challenge

Kindness: The First Gift

The Healing Power of Kindness

What is Gratitude?

Love Rounds

The Simple Acts we don’t See

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Discovering Self-Compassion

10 Tips to Self-Love and Compassion

The Surprising Secret to Success—Be Kind to Yourself

Understanding Self-Compassion and Success

People Find Selflessness Attractive, Study Reports

Self-Compassion: Learning to Be Nicer to Ourselves

Self-Love and Compassion

Why Self-Compassion Helps You Meet Life's Challenges

Self Compassion

Your Primary Spiritual Relationship – Love for Yourself

Top 5 Ways to Boost Your Self Compassion

Self-Esteem and Past Drug Abuse: What’s the Connection?

Your Guide to a Happy Family

3 Reasons to Give Someone the Benefit of the Doubt

Fight Depression With Food

Lessons from the Buddha on Anger

Mindfulness Meditation and Social Change: from Therapy to Wisdom and Ethics

From Therapy to Social Change

Space To Heal

17 Unbelievable Facts About Anxiety

Diego Rivera

Discovering Empathy

Dr. Tania Singer and the Neuroscience of Empathy

Empathy Can Hurt You! Compassion Heals

Oxytocin Increases Empathy, Researchers Find

The Evolution of Empathy

Empathy and the Practice of Medicine: Beyond Pills and the Scalpel

Empathy + Equity → Justice

How to Know if you’re an Empath

What Our Brain Tells Us About Our Ability to Empathize

Empathy – Can We Afford to be Without It?

Empathy Killers

Does Empathy Reduce Prejudice—or Promote It?

With Alzheimer’s Comes Empathy

Building Empathy in Healthcare

Doctor, Shut Up and Listen

Feeling Other’s Pain: Transforming Empathy into Compassion

How to Show Empathy

Take a Walk in Someone Else's Shoes

Teaching Doctors How to Engage More and Lecture Less

The Next Revolution in Healthcare? Empathy

Empathy as a Buffer to Anger

Creating a Human Connection in a Time of Adversity

Ascent by Sara Roizen

The Importance of Mindfulness

14 Benefits of Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Compassion in Health Care

3 Key Mindfulness Practices for Calm, Self-Compassion and Happiness

Mind-Body Course Has Positive Impact On Well-Being of Medical Students

The Moment I Choose Mindfulness

Be the Silent Watcher

Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Compassion and the Art of Having Fun

The Conscious Lifestyle: Awareness Skills

The Magic of Mini-Meditations

The Meaningful Life is a Road Worth Traveling

The Power of Self-compassion

Understanding the Sensitive Heart

The Smart Way to Stick to Habits

Compassion Fatigue: the Cost some Workers Pay for Caring

Mindfulness, Empathy & Compassion: The Building Blocks of a Mindful Nation

Google’s Former Happiness Guru Developed a Three-second Brain Exercise for Finding Joy

A Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living Training in a Heterogeneous Sample of Psychiatric Outpatients: a Feasibility Study

Successful Education Models and Organizations

The World Mural 16x24 feet original was collaboratively created by child artists from 50 counties on the National Mall in Washington DC. Mural creation is a peace educational component of the international children’s celebration organized every four years by the International Child Art Foundation. The mural, symbolic of collaborative creativity of the world’s children, depicts their visions of the world in the new millennium.

The "successful models" that are offered in this section are not recommended as the be-all-and-end-all of educational reform.  Indeed some of the programs presented, the Khan Academy for one, have been criticized as being the "same old, same old," dressed in new clothing.  This is probably a great exaggeration since the Khan Academy has done something unusual, in fact, something incredible, by "flipping" how we approach the process of education instruction.  This in itself is something to think about. It has also given the world thousands of videos that students are willing to explore.  Perhaps they are just a new and different approach to classroom presentation, but for some they are working--and this gets to the crux of the matter: are we going to find one approach to having a successful education system?  Probably not.

Some of these programs presented here are supplemental to already "packed" school requirements, others can be worked into state, national and international standards, and at least one is a pre-school program. Nonetheless, models here are presented as ideas that help us level the playing field, show students how to teach one another, reintroduce civic responsibility, and most importantly allow for them to explore their own emotions, by understanding how to relate compassionately to others and the world with dignity and respect.

How to Make Kindness The Foundation of School Culture

The Child-Driven Education

Community of Mindful Parents

The Skill of Listening

Fearless Changemaker

How do we raise critical thinkers?

The Edible School Yard Project

Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Empathy and Compassion in Society

Greater Good Science Center

Mind with Heart

Project Happiness

Puget Sound Community School

Roots of Empathy/Racines d l'empathie

The No Bully System

The One World School House: Education Re-imaged-Salman Khan

'World Peace Game' Teaches Kids Cooperation, Compassion

Establishing a Culture of "Can" in Your Classroom

How Homework Works in Finland

Lacey, Washington: Compassionate Schools in a Compassionate Community

Youth Ambassador's Overview of Introduction to Teaching

Bunscoil an Iúir: Reading, writing and relaxation

Gaining Emotional Strength

15 Things That Emotionally Strong People Don’t Do

20 Ways Gratitude Improves Productivity

28 Ways to be Kinder, Gentler & More Compassionate

Start Living More As Your Future Self

Are You Getting Enough Positivity in Your Life

Calm Down, You Can Literally Worry Yourself Sick

Habits of Highly Grateful People

Holistic Self-Help Tools That Work

The Science of Older and Wiser

5 Ways to Cope with Family Conflict

Bully Calls News Anchor Fat, News Anchor Calls for Compassion

Can Gratitude Help You Thrive?

Changing Mindsets is Key to Preventing Social and Environmental Disaster

Compassion Fatigue: Identifying Stressors and Satisfiers

Compassion Fatigue: Then and Now

Compassion Made Easy

Compassion in Leadership Pays off - More Than you Think

Compassion, Respect and Dignity Must be at the Heart of Social Care Practice

Connecting With People: The Positive Effects Of Bonding With Absolutely Anyone

Creating Allies for a Healthy World

Developing Emotional Resilience

Do Something You Love Today

Exposing Compassion Fatigue

Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts

Helping Kids Cope with Death

How Does Meditation Change the Brain?

How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here's How To Tell

How Rejection Can Make You Happier and Healthier

How The Stress Of Disaster Brings People Together

How To Stay Sane: The Art of Revising Your Inner Storytelling

How an Obese Town Lost a Million Pounds

How to Improve Your Outlook and Your Health

How to Improve Your Self-Esteem

How to be There for Someone in Need

Instinct for Compassion

It's So Cool!

It’s Compassion – Not Amenities – that Makes Health care Work

Loneliness is Killing us – We Must Start Treating this Disease

Manipulative and Empathetic People Both Adept at Reading Emotions

Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

NHS: Marrying Compassion with Competition

Open Hearts: Is Compassion Something you can Teach?

Our Bodies: A Delicate Balance of Opposing Forces

Practices to Heal a Heart

Reducing the Compassion Deficit One Heart at a Time

Reflections: Good Communication Requires True Empathy

Researchers Discover Surprising Complexities in the Way the Brain Makes Mental Maps

Reviving Compassion

Seven Keys to a Good Death

Malvika Lyer's Amazing Story of Grit!

Six Habits of Highly Grateful People

Social Connection Makes a Better Brain

Tap Into the Power of Intention

The Best Kept Secret to Longevity: Love

The Biology of Joy

The Dynamics of Flow State

The Five Best Ways to Build Resiliency

Trauma Resilience Can Be Taught! Here’s How

6 Steps Toward Resilience & Greater Happiness

The Meaningful Life is a Road Worth Traveling

What the Psychology of Suicide Prevention Teaches Us About Controlling Our Everyday Worries

Naming the Snake: How to Recognize the Signs of a Creativity Perverse (Depression) and What Meditation and Compassion Can Do About It

Build Better Relationships

Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for all at all Ages

A Call for Progress on Gun Ownership and Health Care