However, the way mindfulness is taught and described today often seems to reinforce an individualistic and secular conception ...

When those we dislike or disagree with suffer, it feels complicated. There can be a reflexive sense of validation or numbness. But if we stay with it, something softer can arise: care. I call this ...

Self-compassion helps leaders regulate stress, stay present in hard moments, and model emotional steadiness for their ...

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 ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, a revered spiritual leader and Nobel laureate, has championed peace and compassion globally since fleeing Tibet in 1959. His advocacy for Tibetan culture and ...

I have spent nearly my entire adult life battling cancer. The first three months of my marriage were confined to the sterile walls of a hospital room, enduring a bone marrow transplant. Over my 13 ...

Papal Expert Reverend Dr Richard Leonard discusses the impact of Pope Francis’ death. Pope Francis died aged 88 from a stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican revealed. News of the ...

Every day I wake up to one headline or another that breaks my heart. It could be the entire population in Gaza starving and terrorized or one immigrant who is lawfully here torn from his family and ...

The picture hangs in Derrick Redcay’s bedroom, a “lifelong reminder,” his mother, Deb, called it, of the special relationship her son forged with Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg. When the photo ...