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Compassion & empathybooks

Below are the best books we could find on Compassion and empathy.

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The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation

Does it ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work turn you into one of them.

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The Parent’s Guide to Down Syndrome: Advice, Information, Inspiration, and Support for Raising Your Child from Diagnosis through Adulthood

As a parent of a child diagnosed with Down syndrome, you may be feeling unsure of what to do next or where your child’s journey will take you.

Jennifer Jacob, Mardra Sikora

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I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough”

The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting. There is a constant barrage of social expectations that teach us that being imperfect is synonymous with being inadequate. Everywhere we turn, there are messages that tell us who, what and how we’re supposed to be.

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The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha’s Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness

Noah Levine, author of the national bestseller Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, is the leader of the youth movement for a new American Buddhism. In The Heart of the Revolution, he offers a set of reflections, tools, and teachings to help readers unlock their own sense of empathy and compassion.

Noah Levine, Jack Kornfield (foreword)

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The Spiritual Power of Empathy: Develop Your Intuitive Gifts for Compassionate Connection

Discover your innate empathic abilities with popular author Cyndi Dale as your guide. With this hands-on training course, you'll learn how to comfortably use empathy for better relationships and healing the self and others.

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The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable

Written with grace and understanding and based on more than twenty in-depth interviews and stories as well as personal reflections from Schwarzenegger Pratt herself, The Gift of Forgiveness is about one of the most difficult challenges in life--learning to forgive.

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt

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Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit and Be a Whole Lot Happier

When people and circumstances upset us, how do we deal with them? Often, we feel victimized. We become hurt, angry, and defensive. We end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don't go our way, we become enemies to ourselves.

Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman

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The New Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness

A detailed and practical explanation of one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind, by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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Lovingkindness: Realizing and Practicing Your True Self

Lovingkindness—acting with selfless compassion toward others—is a widely recognized virtue that is honored across world religions.

William R. Miller

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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence

A revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner argues that compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world.

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