Compassion

A Solution For Infant Mortality? Christian Organization Emphasizes Its Child Survival Program

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact


The Christian Organization Compassion aims to use its influence and funds to "release children from poverty." Their latest campaign, the Child Surviva...

There Is a Beauty Within You #10: When Love and Awareness Meet

Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

Immersed in the most personal of personal loves, we are a point of awareness in an ocean of compassionate love; a butterfly on the back of a whale preparing to dive.

The Difference Between My Dog And Me

Deborah Calla | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Deborah Calla

One minute a person is part of our lives and then in the next they are gone -- leaving a huge hole in our lives. How to make sense of it?

Be Real Not Right

Mike Robbins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living


Mike Robbins

As I've learned and you've probably noticed as well, it's not only impossible to be right all the time, it's exhausting, stressful, and no fun (for us or others).

N.O.P.E.: National Organization of Pissed Off Elders

Jim Selman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living


Jim Selman

I want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders (N.O.P.E.).

Step Aside For Anger

Deborah Calla | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Deborah Calla

Anger, I know it so well. I lived with it for a very long time and have claimed it as a kin of mine. It got my heart rate and blood pressure up, and it got my adrenaline, and noradrenaline up.

Do Relationships Need Lies to Survive?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living


Bella DePaulo

I draw a big line between little lies and big ones. Serious lies -- the big time betrayals of trust -- are probably never good for relationships of any kind. Little lies are often a different matter entirely.

Dan Brown's New Book, 2012 - Are You Ready for the Consciousness Shift?

Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living


Doc Childre

Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.

A Love Letter To My Husband

Deborah Calla | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


Deborah Calla

I have now been a widow for fourteen months My loss is huge. My husband was fun, funny, intelligent, and he wished for my happiness.

Project Love: Radically Transform Your World In 2 Minutes

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Dr. Alex Benzer

If I showed you a technique that elevates your mood, energizes you and makes you more charismatic on top of it all, would you be willing to spend 2 minutes testing it out for yourself?

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

Violence On The Street: How To Be A Good Activist

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

There is a lot of anger on our streets these days, against healthcare, racism and Afghanistan, which made us consider what is most effective: resistan...

How Would You Decide? -- Keeping Me Honest

Jim Lichtman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living


Jim Lichtman

I do not want to create the false impression that compassion was the sole criteria parole commissioners faced during former Manson Family member Susan Atkins' 2009 hearing.

Travel as Therapy, Pt 2: 10 Ways to Heal the Soul & Expand the Mind

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Dr. Alex Benzer

Your brain is supremely skilled at filtering out the familiar and telling you only about what matters - namely, change. Travel bypasses that filter and awakens your senses by confronting you with the unfamiliar.

Being Concerned about 'the Least of These'

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Judith Ellis

When I meet parents and children for the first time who have been foreclosed on, it is the look in the kids' eyes that tell the story of hardship.

The Lessons From Yoga Keep Coming

Beth Weinstock | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Beth Weinstock

Yoga helps us uncover how close or far we are from being with ourselves, and helps us to close the gap.

How Would You Decide? -- Part II

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Jim Lichtman

I asked readers to imagine sitting on the California parole board to decide whether to grant convicted murderer Susan Atkins "compassionate release" based on her terminally ill condition.

How Would You Decide?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Jim Lichtman

Isn't it up to God to forgive the truly horrible, like members of the Manson Family? Should we forgive all mass-murderers? Must we go that far?

The Secret of Patient Care: Lessons From A Bathroom Wall

Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Dr. Larry Dossey

When physicians express caring, empathy, and compassion, the duration and severity of illness are often reduced and the body's immune system is stimulated.

Can We Change Our Personality?

Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


Todd Kashdan

Researchers have found that we define a stranger's personality after a mere 10 seconds. With this thin slice of information, we start to think and act differently toward them.

There is a Beauty Within You #3: Knowing Yourself as Compassionate Awareness

Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

Throughout your day imagine being compassion, radiating warmth and love from the center of your chest, especially when you want to relax and feel more grounded.

There Is Always Trauma In The Room

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Sharon Salzberg

I've done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma. I've also found in teaching the diverse groups who come for meditation guidance that, as someone once said to me, "There is always trauma in the room."

How To Feel Good About Disappointing Friends

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Alex Benzer

Recently, on a trip to New York City for a conference, things didn't turn out quite as expected. Knowing that my Big Apple friends are busy bees, I w...

Ask Maddisen: How To Love Rather Than Lead By Example

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living


Maddisen K. Krown

Self forgiveness promotes healing, self integration, self acceptance, self love, love for life, and love for others.

Become a Rock Star Volunteer

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living


Lisa Honig Buksbaum

The simple actions of giving and receiving rejuvenate us because these gestures remind us what it means to be human.