By Kirsten Weir — 2020
Psychological research is advancing our understanding of how time in nature can improve our mental health and sharpen our cognition.
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CLEAR ALL
“A great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion… True wisdom requires both thinking with our head and understanding with our heart.”
When it comes to supporting employees to thrive despite the emotional fallout of the pandemic, leaders (and mindfulness) have a critical role to play.
There’s a growing understanding—and resources—to allow us to take control of our minds and of our own well-being.
We all want more well-being in our lives.
Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.
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As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.