Compassion, empathy in action

Empathy is walking in someone's shoes. Compassion puts your empathy into action. [00:21] What is compassion? [05:07] Empathy vs Compassion [07:45] Compassion can make you happier [09:50] Compassion can reduce anxiety [11:50] Loving kindness meditation References Singer, T., & Klimecki, O. M. (2014). Empathy and compassion. Current Biology, 24 (1), 875–878. Mongrain, M., Chin, J. M., & Shapira, L. B. (2011). Practicing Compassion Increases Happiness and Self-Esteem, Journal of Happiness Studies, 12(6), 963–981. Demorest, A. P. (2019). Happiness , love , and compassion as antidotes for anxiety Happiness , love , and compassion as antidotes for anxiety. The Journal of Positive Psychology . Fredrickson, B.L., Cohn, M.A., Coffey, K.A., Pek, J., and Finkel, S.M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving- kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95, 1045–1062.

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Compassion, empathy in action is an episode from Happycast: The Science of Happiness by Trina Kushnerik.

This episode is 16:50 long.

This episode was published on Jul 24, 2019.

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