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Mindfulness is the soil out of which self-compassion grows. Together, they offer greater control over emotional reactions.

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Occasionally in our lives, we meet a special person, one who is kind, generous, helpful, and loving, and seems to spread love ...

David Begnaud is a CBS News contributor and previously served as the lead national correspondent for "CBS Mornings," based in New York City. Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the ...

How can we effectively bring about a more just world? Although it may not be obvious at first glance, self-compassion plays a key role in the quest to end sexism, racism, heterosexism, and other forms ...

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After 30 years in health care, I was ready to retire. But instead I found myself walking into a classroom at the Stanford University School of Medicine for the first day of a teacher-training program ...

When people hear the word compassion, they tend to think of kindness. But scientific study has found the core of compassion to be courage. Rather than defining compassion, kindness is just one way of ...