Self Compassion When Compassion Is Difficult
With Sounds True and Kelly McGonigal
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Duration: 36m
Skill level: Beginner
Released: 12/8/2020
Course details
Even if you consider yourself a compassionate person, feeling compassion all the time can simply be overwhelming, especially when confronted by large amounts of suffering. In this installment of The Science of Compassion series, Kelly McGonigal explores empathy fatigue and the concept of compassion collapse. As Kelly explains, compassion collapse happens in situations where, as the scale of suffering increases, people’s compassion decreases. For example, your heart may break when you see one child go hungry, but may go numb when you hear about millions of children starving. It’s common to feel helpless in the face of large-scale suffering, and this is a real barrier to compassion that can keep people from doing things that will make a difference.
This session explores why our compassion sometimes collapses under the weight of large-scale suffering, and what we can do to sustain compassion and make a difference in the world.
This course was created by Sounds True. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.
This course was created by Sounds True. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.
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Cristina Spencer
Cristina Spencer
Field Community Connector at Molina Healthcare
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Cathy McClendon
Cathy McClendon
Referral Specialist at United Way
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jacquelene de wee
jacquelene de wee
Customer Service Agent at Aramex
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