Do you find yourself being harshly self-critical after you’ve made a mistake or failed to meet a personal goal? Familiar self-statements might be: “I can’t seem to do anything right!” or “I’m just not ...

A recent study published in the journal Mindfulness suggests that treating oneself with kindness is linked to a preference ...

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 ...

You probably have good reasons to hate. You have better reasons to find peace and self-acceptance, and emotional growth.

The University of Denver’s Compassion Lab helps students navigate disagreement and prepare for workplace success.

Scroll down for a transcription of this video. One of the most meaningful expressions of compassion we can show another person is to listen deeply to them–and that’s just as true for parents and teens ...

Sometimes, we expect too much from ourselves through rough times instead of granting ourselves self-compassion. In doing so, we often can judge ourselves harshly when our goals are not met or we just ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you love someone, learn how to fight with them. Counterintuitive though it may seem, that's the advice of world-renowned relationship researchers and clinical psychologists Julie Schwartz Gottman ...