Inviting Your Enemies – or Howard Stern – to Tea
What Happens When You Invite Your Enemies to Tea? Howard Stern entered an elevator and found himself face-to-face with Regis Philbin – a man he had…
2019 Highlights
As I reflect back on Compassion It’s eighth year, I can’t help but feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment and joy. Here’s why: 1 – We…
How to Disconnect to Connect
I don’t know about you, but every year the holiday shopping ads seem to appear earlier and earlier. I get emails about Black Friday, Giving Tuesday* and Cyber Monday, and they tell me, “Click here! Go to our website, and spend your money with us!”
Want to “Compassion It”? Opt to Act with REI
In 2015, retail and outdoor recreation services giant REI created a brilliant campaign to get people off of their phones and computers and into the world.…
Embracing the Month of YESvember
Ready to end the year on high note? Why not change NOvember into YESvember, and see what happens. Why say “yes”? Saying yes isn’t easy. When…
How We Unleashed Compassion at a Refugee Camp – Rwanda Part 3
My Compassion It teammate, Burrell Poe, and I joined the organization Alight for a week in Rwanda in order to unleash compassion within the healthcare system at…
Welcoming Refugees with Empathy – Rwanda Part 2
What are skillful ways to manage the refugee crisis our world faces? As the number of displaced people rises each year, it’s a pressing question that…
Noticing Compassion at a Refugee Camp – Rwanda Part 1
When I was invited by the nonprofit organization, Alight, to help figure out how to unleash compassion within refugee camps, I couldn’t say no. Our world is…
How to Curb Workplace Burnout with Self-Compassion
Deadlines, back-to-back meetings, overflowing inboxes – oh my! While they might not be lions, tigers, or bears, the anxiety you might feel from workplace demands can…
2018 Compassion It Highlights
1 – Burrell & I led our first two-day training, and it was FANTASTIC…and FUN! In December 2018, we had the honor of designing and leading…