In the hustle and bustle of daily life, we often forget to treat ourselves with the same kindness and understanding we show ...

Empathy Strategic Kindness: Linking Altruism to Self-Interest Kindness, however defined, positively correlates with generosity and happiness.

In today’s fast-paced world, practicing self-compassion is a vital yet often overlooked art. Self-compassion involves treating yourself with the same kindness and understanding that you would offer to ...

Berating yourself doesn’t have to be part of daily life. These experts will tell you how to practice self-kindness and stop chipping away at your self-esteem.

For many, self-compassion feels like an afterthought. We offer kindness to friends and patience to colleagues, yet when we fall short, our inner dialogue is often harsh.

While self-compassion is not learned in a day, here are some steps you can take to support yourself on World Kindness Day and beyond: Daily journaling or letter writing about accepting your struggles ...

Self-kindness is something that I've needed to learn how to cultivate entirely separately from any success or failure that might be happening in my life.

Other research suggests that how authentic we are may also help explain the link between the compassion we have for ourselves and for others. In this study, published in the journal Current Psychology ...

But practicing self-kindness signals to others that self-kindness matters, and they can follow your example. It also helps us move our self-talk away from scarcity and toward abundant thinking.

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness. Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. A bravado act of inscrutability that is in turns awe-inspiringly bold and tediously self ...