Compassion training activates brain regions linked to resilience and well-being, contrasting with empathy's association with ...

If relatives of people with mental illness become better at accepting the difficult emotions and life events they experience - which is what training in compassion is about - their anxiety, depression ...

Adding online mindfulness and self-compassion training to usual care may improve quality of life (QOL) in adults with atopic dermatitis (AD), according to results of a small randomized controlled ...

Certified nursing assistants improved stress management and well‐being and found greater compassion toward residents after participating in self-compassion classes designed for healthcare workers, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention group had significantly greater improvement in DLQI score. The intervention group had greater ...

When someone feels compassionate, the feeling is other-focused, positive, and protects against burnout. Source: Andrew Hyder, used with permission “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from ...

As COVID-19 ricocheted around the globe, millions of us sought shelter in retreat. Not only were we quarantining at home, we were putting up internal walls against the suffering we saw in the world.

Every afternoon, personal support worker Susan (name changed) struggled with administering medication to a particular elderly patient in the dementia ward where she worked. On one such occasion, fed ...

Self-compassion, defined as a mindful and kind approach to one’s own suffering and shortcomings, has emerged as a promising construct in the field of mental health. Research increasingly suggests that ...

Skills like meditation and self-kindness can reduce itch-scratch cycles and help people keep up with medical treatments. “Integrating mindfulness and self-compassion into usual dermatological care ...

If relatives of people with mental illness become better at accepting the difficult emotions and life events they experience -- which is what training in compassion is about -- their anxiety, ...