The past two years have tested all of us in various ways in a variety of settings. Never having experienced a pandemic before, many of us fell into a state of perpetual unfocused anxiety as lockdowns ...

Many people practice mindfulness or self-compassion techniques in their everyday life as part of their normal self-care routine. Although many studies support the individual benefits of mindfulness ...

A nursing home was not my first choice of places to hang out as a teenager. It was my first day of volunteer service. I felt anxious as I entered the intimidatingly large building, expecting to be ...

The interrelated concepts of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction have been identified as having a profound impact on the quality of ...

OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the degree of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue (CF) among critical care, oncology and charge nurses. BACKGROUND:Cumulative grief resulting ...

In most Western countries, professional standards dictate that physicians should practice medicine with compassion. Patients also expect compassionate care from physicians because it represents a ...

Your breath might be the most powerful tool you have for changing your mood instantly. Recent research by Stanford scientists compared three different daily 5-minute breathwork exercises with ...