Many people practice mindfulness or self-compassion techniques in their everyday life as part of their normal self-care routine. Although many studies support the individual benefits of mindfulness ...

The past two years have tested all of us in various ways in a variety of settings. Never having experienced a pandemic before, many of us fell into a state of perpetual unfocused anxiety as lockdowns ...

A nursing home was not my first choice of places to hang out as a teenager. It was my first day of volunteer service. I felt anxious as I entered the intimidatingly large building, expecting to be ...

In most Western countries, professional standards dictate that physicians should practice medicine with compassion. Patients also expect compassionate care from physicians because it represents a ...

The interrelated concepts of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction have been identified as having a profound impact on the quality of ...

Your breath might be the most powerful tool you have for changing your mood instantly. Recent research by Stanford scientists compared three different daily 5-minute breathwork exercises with ...