By Marc Ian Barasch
Building Bridges for Peace brings together young people from Palestine and Israel.
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It’s a spiritual truism that trading places with the less fortunate, psychologically if not literally, can be a powerful motive for doing unto others as you’d have them do unto you.
If you’re familiar to meditation, then you’ve probably tried a basic loving-kindness practice. It involves bringing to mind someone you love, and wishing that they are safe, well, and happy—either out loud or to yourself.
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More and more, we live in bubbles. Most of us are surrounded by people who look like us, vote like us, earn like us, spend money like us, have educations like us and worship like us. The result is an empathy deficit, and it’s at the root of many of our biggest problems.
People are hardwired to dehumanise others but we can overcome this, say David Eagleman and Don Vaughn.
Shelly Tygielski is a radical self-care expert and creator of Pandemic of Love.
You always knew demonstrating empathy is positive for people, but new research demonstrates its importance for everything from innovation to retention.
There’s a dark side to feeling the emotions of other people. In some cases, it can even lead to cruelty, aggression, and distress.
Be kind, show understanding, do good—but, some scientists say, don’t try to feel others’ pain.
Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
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Research has found that incorporating compassion into your leadership strategy can increase productivity and happiness.