With COVID, mass shootings, monkeypox, the fall of abortion rights, racially fueled hate crimes and the exploding mental health crisis ― just to name a few ― it can really feel like we’re stuck in a ...

Truly caring for or about someone can be exhausting — hence the term compassion fatigue. The phrase was first coined in 1992 by a nurse, Carla Joinson, to describe the physical, emotional, and ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...

Year-end goal-setting doesn’t require more pressure. Learn how compassion helps you reflect clearly, set aligned goals, and ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD Key Takeaways Compassion-focused therapy helps people be kinder to themselves and others.CFT works by combining compassion training with mindfulness and other ...

When my son was two, he burned both his palms on an oven door I had left open while making cookies. As I cooled his hands under running water, my first thought was, “It was my fault. I am a bad mom.” ...

This post was co-written by Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D., and Josh Bartok. In an earlier blog, I offered some suggestions for cultivating self-compassion, even when we don’t feel it. I noted Dr. Shelly ...

When was the last time you stopped picking apart a project you’ve completed, and simply congratulated yourself for a job well done? Or, better yet, accepted a mistake you made without spending hours ...

You are sitting at lunch at your desk, worrying that the report you just finished isn’t good enough. You know about the benefits of self-compassion and wonder if practicing it would make you feel ...

The Compassion Bench in downtown Davis, as seen on June 1, the Davis Day of Reflection. (Anjie Cook/UC Davis) Carlos Puente, an emeritus professor of hydrology, Department of Land, Air and Water ...