Compassion, by contrast, is awareness in action. It’s a dynamic, context-sensitive process that adolescents can learn, ...

The 2025 Compassion Report's findings show that many Americans still want to live in a compassionate country but also that Americans view the country as less compassionate today than four years ago.

Compassion, Meaning, and the Witness of Human Suffering Mental health providers usually enter this field because they want to help others. We want to help others because we care for their well-being.

Compassion doesn’t mean tolerating harm—it means seeing beyond pain without self-sacrifice. Children often internalize pressure from well-meaning parents, losing touch with their true selves.

In his new book, Seeing With the Heart: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Adventures, Kevin O’Brien, S.J., thoughtfully crafts a true guide for living a life of compassion, meaning and depth. The ...

When someone dear to us is hurting, we are moved to compassion (meaning to suffer with) and respond. My siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and neighbors have all taken time to be with and help care ...

I have been thinking about the impact of the recent La Crosse Compassion Project and of our goal to sustain a level of awareness and investment.

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like ...

The report also identified some troubling obstacles that stand in the way of what it calls “ self-compassion ” – meaning how volunteers and donors treat their own mental and physical health.