Imagine yourself stepping into the clean, clinical environment of a neuroscience research lab, heartbeat quickening as you reflect on just how little you know about what will happen next. You are ...

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Most Americans believe empathy is foundational to a healthy society. But are we willing to do the hard work empathy requires?

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Ever since I was introduced to mindfulness, I have contemplated the image of the monk spending his days meditating in a cave deep in the foothills of the Himalayas. It seems like enlightenment might ...

Empathy is essential for leadership—but constant caregiving can extract a heavy toll on leaders. We even see such leaders within our own teams who struggle to watch them burn themselves out. So how ...

More than just a feel-good concept, kindness in leadership drives measurable success and creates workplaces where people thrive. The study synthesized evidence from 42 articles and identified that ...

Jacinda Ardern was the prime minister of New Zealand from October 2017-January 2023. During her tenure, after the Christchurch Mosque shootings, New Zealand passed restrictions on semiautomatic ...

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