Calm
Preschoolers Learn ‘Kindness Curriculum’
A new curriculum aims to teach children kindness and empathy along with traditional academic skills.
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Calm
Research: The Key Ingredient to Genuine Happiness
If we can direct our thoughts toward the well-being of others, says Daniel Goleman, it will help promote a more enduring, genuine kind of happiness.
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Compassion
Acts of kindness to honor the children of Newtown
When violence happens around us, it's hard not to feel incredibly sad and powerless. But we can use that energy in a positive way. So many have, already. Have a look.
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Compassion
Killing with Kindness?
Yesterday The New York Times published a science piece about “pathological altruism.” This is when normally helpful behavior “is taken to extremes, misapplied or stridently rhapsodized.” Then it can become “unhelpful, unproductive and even destructive.” Dr. Robert A. Burton, author of the forthcoming book Pathological Altruism, says selflessness gone awry may…
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Mental Health
Intentional Acts of Kindness
Mary Ann Christie Burnside teaches us how the kindness we offer ourselves and others affects what happens in the very next moment.
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Compassion
Random Acts of Kindness Tops Trends List
The number one consumer trend for 2011 will be random acts of kindness, according to Trendwatching.com.
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Compassion
Humankind-ness: Dacher Keltner
Humans are wired to be good, according to Professor Dacher Keltner. One only has to look at emotions such as compassion, awe, and embarrassment to see it.
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