Compassion

The Nurse Antigone is a play by nurses for nurses that offers compassionate space for our frontline healthcare workers to engage with the challenges they've faced during the pandemic. In this episode of the Real Mindful podcast, managing editor Stephanie Domet catches up with the event organizers. Read more

Compassion is the emerging paradigm of great leadership, writes Georgina Miranda—yet the most challenging part may be cultivating compassion for ourselves. Here she offers practical ways leaders can show themselves the same kindness they wish to show others. Read more

As healthcare professionals grapple with burnout, and the pandemic enters another phase, an interactive theater company seeks to help nurses address moral injury with an online presentation they’re calling The Nurse Antigone. Read more

MBSR teacher John Taylor offers a five-step meditation for finding a greater sense of peace and freedom after trauma. Read more

While working nonstop to help their students thrive, educators often end up neglecting their own well-being. High-school counsellor and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher Lisa Baylis offers a toolbox of simple practices for educators to offer themselves the same compassion they show in the classroom. Read more

As we process the tragic events in Ukraine and around the world, we can choose to cultivate a sense of what ties all of humanity together: the desire to overcome suffering. Read more

Aiming to foster inner peace and resilience for the millions of people forcibly displaced around the world, a team of scientists in Israel has designed a mindfulness program that meets refugees exactly where they are. Read more

To support you as you celebrate, learn, rest, and expand your perspective this month, explore these well-being practices from Black mindfulness teachers. Read more

What do you do when people have the audacity to think differently than you do? Here’s how you can stay open and curious in moments of disagreement, instead of getting stuck in defensiveness. Read more

In this short video, Philadelphia-based social worker Kenneth Bourne reads from Caverly Morgan’s A Kid’s Book About Mindfulness to offer a grounding moment of pause and reflection. Read more