empathy

Cartoon image. Multiethnic group of people cooperating for environmental protection and sustainability in a park: they are supporting earth together - one is recycling waste, one is growing plants, one is choosing renewable energy resources. Four of them in the middle are holding a giant planet Earth in their hands. They're in a park and the sky is blue behind them.

The Stress-Reducing Power of Social Buffering

What really carries us through disruption and challenging times isn’t bandwidth or servers; it’s patience, compassion, kindness, and shared humanity. It’s each other.

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red heart against a light blue background. The heart has ECG lines on either side of it and the background has blurred out heart shapes, hexagons, and lights, depicting something magical and kind.

Kindness in the Blood: how helping others reduces inflammation

New research shows that being kind to others impacts genes in a way that reduces inflammation.

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“I like your hair” – The Surprising Science of Compliments

When we offer a compliment, studies show that we hugely underestimate how good it can make a person feel.

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Laughing mother with daughter piggyback on her back, having fun at the beach. The sea is in background.

Want to Feel Happier? Be Happy for Other people

When you be happy for other people, you’re literally ‘being’ happy. It’s called ‘confelicity’.

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