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This Provocative New Approach to Giving Can Help You Save More Lives with Your Money
Written by Colby Itkowitz. A severely malnourished Somali child receives Oral Rehydration Salts (O.R.S.) at Mogadishu’s Banadir hospital on July 28, 2011, where an estimated 3.7 million people– around a third of the population — are on the brink of sta …
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Proof that Positive Work Cultures are More Productive
Written by Emma Seppala & Kim Cameron. Too many companies bet on having a cut-throat, high-pressure, take-no-prisoners culture to drive their financial success. But a large and growing body of research on positive organizational psychology demonstr …
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More Awesome TED Talks on Positive Psychology
Written by Nico Rose. For those of you that can’t get enough of Positive Psychology-related TED talks – I’ve found some (more or less) new stuff for you. This list comprises Lea Waters, who focuses on the application of Positive Psychology in the field …
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Explaining the ‘Empathy Gap’ in Our Reactions to Paris and Beirut
Written by Carolyn Gregoire. After a coordinated series of horrific terrorist attacks in Paris left at least 129 people dead and 352 wounded on Friday, the world joined together in collective grief and mourning. The attacks — the deadliest in France si …
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Searching for Characters
Written by Alisa Solomon. When Anna Deavere Smith was awarded a National Humanities Medal in 2012 by President Obama, the citation lauded how “she has informed our understanding of social issues” by conveying “a range of disparate characters.” Through …
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Louisville Innovation Summit Brings Together 500 Executives and Entrepreneurs Focused on the Future of Aging Care, Oct 14-15
Written by Laura Beck. In two weeks, the Louisville Innovation Summit will gather 500 executives and entrepreneurs from around the country focused on the Future of Aging Care. More than 70 industry visionaries will speak on topics ranging from Aging In …
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New Books by Stanford Authors Rethink Healing and Happiness
Written by Clifton Parker. Scholars at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education have written new books that encourage people to think differently about healing and happiness. JAMES DOTY, for instance, argues that true healing is bo …
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The Neurology of Lending
Written by Wray Herbert. Back in 1976 a young professor in Bangladesh starting making dubious low-interest loans to the rural poor of his country. Muhammad Yunus had the crazy idea that even impoverished farmers — men and women without credit history o …
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A New Understanding of the Power of Compassion
Written by Rylie Ortiz. Compassion is not always championed as relevant currency in today’s secular society, where material success and achievement often rule ahead of human virtues and social consciousness. Compassion has long been a central tenet in …
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This Buddhist Monk Has Unlocked the Secret to Happiness, and it May Help Us Save the Environment
Written by Carolyn Gregoire. Matthieu Ricard has lived many lives. As a young student in Paris during the late 1960s, he was writing his dissertation in biochemistry at the prestigious Institute Pasteur. Five years later, guided by an inner stirring to …
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A Birthday Gift for the Dalai Lama — Global Compassion Education
Written by Emily Hine. The Dalai Lama’s 80th Birthday Wish Is That We All Live #WithCompassion. While I love his wish, I say let’s take it a step further: Let’s give His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the gift of global compassion education by mainstreaming …
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Bringing Compassion to Everyday Life with Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT)
Written by Leah Weiss. Many of us are called to make the world a better place, but it isn’t necessarily clear where to start. We want to respond to the big and small suffering in our communities and the larger world but it isn’t straightforward how to …
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Stressing Out? Good for You!
Written by Angela Hill. Kelly McGonigal nearly succumbed to the stress of grad school, had she not begun to dance with it instead. The tango, actually. It was 2000, and she’d just finished her first grueling year at Stanford. She’d aced her courses but …
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Anger: the Most Evil Emotion or a Natural Impulse?
Written by Becky Bach. Anger isn’t good for your health. It spikes your heart rate, exacerbating heart conditions and anxiety. It leaves an ugly residue, a sensation of unease and aggression and it can lead to violence against others or oneself. But in …
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Compassion is a Wise and Effective Managerial Strategy, Stanford Expert Says
Written by Clifton B. Parker. Compassion is a better managerial approach than toughness in today’s workplace, writes a Stanford psychologist in a new article. In fact, trying to make employees fearful and punish them for mistakes is typically counterpr …
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6 Questions for Lloyd Dean ‒ President and CEO of Dignity Health
Written by Dan Munro. The bio for Lloyd Dean on the Dignity Health website is fairly standard and relatively austere. Mr. Dean is the president/CEO of Dignity Health. With over 20 years in health care operations and leadership experience, Mr. Dean is …
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Why Compassion is a Better Managerial Tactic Than Toughness
Written by Emma Seppala. Stanford University neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty tells the story of performing surgery on a little boy’s brain tumor. In the middle of the procedure, the resident who is assisting him gets distracted and accidentally pierces a v …
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Dr. James R. Doty: What is a Life of Meaning?
Written by Nicolae Tanase. Nicolae Tanase: Dr. Doty, what is the meaning of life? James R. Doty: I will rephrase the question to ask what is a life of meaning? At the end of our days, one wishes that what we have done in our lives will live on beyond o …
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From Suffering to Compassion: Meditation Teacher-Author Sharon Salzberg Shares Her Story
Written by Becky Bach. Mediatation master and author Sharon Salzberg showed her recent Stanford audience that she could field even the toughest questions about the nature of compassion. “What about the beheadings in the Middle East?” one audience membe …
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Compassion Meditation Reduces ‘Mind-Wandering,’ Stanford Research Shows
Written by Clifton B. Parker. The practice of compassion meditation may be a powerful antidote to a drifting mind, new Stanford research shows. Compassion meditation focuses on benevolent thoughts toward oneself and others, as the researchers noted. It …
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Changing the World and Ourselves Through Compassion
Written by Jill Stark. Be kind and you will be well. It has been the cornerstone of Eastern philosophy for centuries. But what if recognising our shared humanity was more than just a sentimental ideal? What if consciously practising kindness could chan …
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The Definitive Case for Being a More Compassionate Boss
Written by Lisa Evans. During a late-night TV binge, I landed on Hell’s Kitchen. Watching celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay spit out fiery insults at his apprentice chefs—a tactic he justified as helping them to improve their skills in the kitchen—I laughed …
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The Power of Breath in Post-War Healing
Written by Kristine Crane. Breathing is the first and last thing we do in life, but most of us take the breath for granted – unless we are scared, angry or winded. Some veterans throughout the country are using their breath to overcome wartime trauma. …
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Rx for Better Health Care: Kindness and Compassion
Written by Kathleen Doheny. (HealthDay News) — Want to give health care a boost? Try a little kindness, experts say. Various studies suggest that when health care workers approach patients with compassion, patients often heal faster, have less pain and …
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Compassion is Often the Best Medicine: Stanford Study
Want to give healthcare a boost? Try a little kindness, experts say. Various studies suggest that when health care workers approach patients with compassion, patients often heal faster, have less pain and anxiety, and even bounce back faster from commo …
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