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The Proven Healing Power of Compassion

By Catherine Price and Carmel Wroth — 2012

At its essence, compassion is a gift of the spirit—one with the power to change lives, reduce stress, and heal depression.

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“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.

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