compassion
Mindfulness Isn’t Enough: Here’s Why We Need Kindfulness
Studies suggest that awareness without warmth doesn’t reliably produce kindness. Sometimes it produces something closer to well-regulated indifference. Perhaps mindfulness needs to evolve into kindfulness.
A Surprising Way to Optimise Your Immune System
The study showed that being kind to others changed the genetic activity of circulating immune cells (white blood cells), reducing inflammation and increasing antiviral defences.
How Awe Rewires the Brain
Awe reduces activity in the brain’s default mode network – the part linked with self-focus and overthinking.
Most heroes don’t wear capes
When we think of heroes, our minds often leap to grand gestures—leaping into burning buildings,…