Jan 6, 2026 · Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with …

Jan 5, 2026 · Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with …

Jul 24, 2013 · Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.

Apr 24, 2018 · For example, the eight-week compassion cultivation training (CCT) course that was developed by Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., and colleagues at Stanford University’s Center for …

What is compassion? And how did it evolve? In this review, we integrate 3 evolutionary arguments that converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience …

Research on self-compassion Explosion of research into self-compassion over the past decade Most research conducted with the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003a)

Jan 16, 2013 · Compassion is a powerful moral emotion—it moves us to care for the suffering of others, and enables us to live cooperatively with one another. Yet we live in a society of …

6 days ago · According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation.

Sep 7, 2012 · A recent gathering of compassion researchers reveals new discoveries about how and why humans help each other.

Sep 4, 2013 · Take our quiz! Taking that step—breaking out of the anger loop—requires intention. And that intention is a key to cultivating compassion. Compassion is rooted deeper in brain …