Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention
Self-compassion is a productive way of approaching distressing thoughts and emotions that engenders mental and physical well-being
Healing Collective Trauma
The consequences of trauma seep across communities, regions, lands, and nations.
Deep dreaming – and listening
To survive turbulent times we need to listen more
A living systems approach to achieving global equity for a healthy planet
We will only overcome the existential crises we face with big and transformative change
Limits to consumption
We need to fundamentally reimagine and learn anew what it means to be human
Epidemiology of compassion: A literature review
The human experience of compassion is heterogeneous with respect to time, place, and person.
Early shame and safeness memories, and later depressive symptoms and safe affect: The mediating role of self-compassion
Self-compassion engagement and action mediate the relationships between negative and positive early emotional memories, and current negative and positive affect.
Styles of Leadership, Fears of Compassion, and Competing to Avoid Inferiority
Pro-social leadership is associated with compassionate goals
The Origins of Fears of Compassion: Shame and Lack of Safeness Memories, Fears of Compassion and Psychopathology
Shame and traumatic early memories often lead to fears of compassion
Political working lives: The experiences of those working at the heart of UK politics
UK political culture is driven by conflict
Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Those with more wealth support more unethical behaviour
To provide or protect: motivational bases of political liberalism and conservatism
Fear reduces compassion
Exploring the international utility of progressing Compassionate Mind Training in School Settings: A comparison of Implementation Effectiveness of the same curricula in the UK and Portugal
Despite national differences, CMT in school settings has potential international utility in helping educators manage stress.
How One Experiences and Embodies Compassionate Mind Training Influences Its Effectiveness
Self-compassion leads to feelings of contentment and safeness
The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress
Social connection reduces the liklihood of post-traumatic stress
Compassion Protects Mental Health and Social Safeness During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Across 21 Countries
Compassion promotes resilience
What is compassion? A multicultural study on the semantic associations and subjective experiences of compassion
People associate compassion most frequently with the words ‘Empathy’, ‘Kindness’ and ‘Understanding’, with over 40% of the sample selecting these among their top three words.
Cultivating the Compassionate Self: an Exploration of the Mechanisms of Change in Compassionate Mind Training
Cultivating compassion leads to better wellbeing
Psychological and Physiological Effects of Compassionate Mind Training: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Study
Compassion training significantly increases experiences of compassion for self and others
Comparing compassion across cultures: Similarities and differences among Australians and Singaporeans
Tight/collectivist cultural norms may hinder expression of compassion towards others, but may facilitate increased self-compassion as compared to loose cultural norms.
Promoting Positive Relationship Between Parents and Grandparents: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Triple P Plus Compassion in Vietnam
Compassion modules in parenting improve prosocial behaviour in children
Caring relationships in school staff: Exploring the link between compassion and teacher work engagement
Compassion for teachers expressed by colleagues is linked to increased teacher job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and sense of emotional vigor
Compassion and self-compassion in medicine: Self-care for the caregiver
Self-compassion is linked to reduced burn-out among medical professionals
The Role of Compassionate and Self-Image Goals in Predicting Psychological Controlling and Facilitative Parenting Styles
Compassion predicts positive parenting practices and buffers against punitive parenting strategies
A model of mindful parenting: Implications for parent–child relationships and prevention research
Compassion is associated with improved parent-child relationships
Compassionate Love Buffers Stress-Reactive Mothers From Fight-or-Flight Parenting
Compassion buffers fight/flight parenting
Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary
Compassion predicts a greater moral circle, more so than empathy or mindfulness
Compassion in care: a qualitative study of older people with a chronic disease and nurses
Compassion is reported by patients and nurses as an important motivator of cooperative behavior between patients and staff aimed at achieving important care outcomes
Nurturing compassion in schools: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Compassionate Mind Training program for teachers
Compassion enhances wellbeing of teachers
Compassion Protects Mental Health and Social Safeness During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 21 Countries
Compassion protects mental health and social safeness during Covid-19