Many of us when approaching a new habit or setting goals for ourselves tend to lean mostly into discipline and willpower.

Feeling really, truly good about yourself may seem like a straightforward goal, but it's actually the result of developing both self-compassion and confidence. Building the latter usually means ...

Self-compassion is the ongoing practice of relating to yourself kindly and fairly. It is especially helpful during times of stress and suffering. Self-compassion is not kicking yourself when you’re ...

Imagine you’re coming home from work at the end of a long day. You feel tired and distracted, and you might be looking forward to an evening of relaxing on the couch—but you also know you need to put ...

Self-compassion or self-love may be a foreign concept for some people. This is especially true for those who were raised in abusive or unloving homes, where compassion may have been non-existent. A ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

Trying to reach a hard goal without burning out? Learn how kindness and compassion can replace shame as your fuel, so you ...

If you’re someone who regularly tries to understand people’s emotions and help those in need, you might consider yourself to be an empathetic and compassionate person. But, although these words are ...

Racism isn’t something that happens “somewhere else.” It happens right here, every day, in the halls of our hospitals and clinics, within the confines of our academic departments and throughout the ...

When we think about holiday compassion, we tend to think about how we treat and talk to people outside of work–like friends, family, servers, and even strangers. But whether you run a company or ...

Empathy is essential for leadership—but constant caregiving can extract a heavy toll on leaders. We even see such leaders within our own teams who struggle to watch them burn themselves out. So how ...