By Erin Clabough — 2020
Research-based ideas to help us practice our most important skill: kindness.
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"This life that we think we're living is a failure of the imagination. It's too small for us. It's not who we are." Compassion requires a movement outside and away from our usual preoccupation with our self.
Talk from Professor Richard Davidson at "Creating a Happier World: an afternoon with the Dalai Lama and friends" - organized by Action for Happiness in London on 21 Sept 2015
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Renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson is finding that happiness is something we can cultivate and a skill that can be learned. Working with the Dalai Lama, Davidson is investigating the far-reaching impact of mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of kindness on human health and well-being.
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Dr. Andrew Weil has proven that the best way to maintain optimum physical health is to draw on both conventional and alternative medicine. Now, in Spontaneous Happiness, he gives us the foundation for attaining and sustaining optimum emotional health. Rooted in Dr.
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