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8 Must-Read Summer Reads on Compassion & Happiness

Written By Dr. Emma Seppala

We’ve been indoors, dragging all winter, and if you’re like me, you’re looking for some serious inspiration for the summer months. As an author of a happiness book myself, I tend to be picky about what I read—it needs to be inspiring, smart (research-backed) and entertaining—that combo is rare but always a…

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Blueprints for Bringing About Compassion in the Workplace

Written By CCARE

We’re living in an epidemic of incivility, disengagement, and despair at work—all forms of suffering that create a costly drain on organizational potential and rob workplaces of dignity and motivation. In their new book, CCARE researcher Monica Worline and her co-author Jane Dutton reveal how compassion contributes to the strategic…

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A Compassionate Resolution for this Season

Written By CCARE

Written by Monica Worline & Jane Dutton We started our staff meeting yesterday with a check-in question for everyone to answer briefly: What are you doing to take care of yourself this holiday season? Upon hearing the check- in question, one member of our staff immediately laughed and spontaneously shouted…

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5 Surprising Reasons Compassion is a Competitive Advantage

Written By CCARE

Written by Monica C. Worline and Jane E. Dutton. Recently, as Monica’s beloved Bernese Mountain Dog was living her final days, Monica had planned a hotel stay near a specialty veterinary treatment center. On the eve of her arrival, she received news that the tumor was not treatable. She called…

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Why Kindness Heals

Written By James R. Doty, MD

As a physician specializing in neurosurgery at an academic medical center, I appreciate the unhappiness many patients have with the present healthcare delivery system that is rushed, bureaucratic, non-caring and technology-focused. In the U.S. we spend more per capita than any other industrialized country, yet the outcomes are some of…

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