Feeling really, truly good about yourself may seem like a straightforward goal, but it's actually the result of developing both self-compassion and confidence. Building the latter usually means ...

Imagine you’re coming home from work at the end of a long day. You feel tired and distracted, and you might be looking forward to an evening of relaxing on the couch—but you also know you need to put ...

Self-compassion is the ongoing practice of relating to yourself kindly and fairly. It is especially helpful during times of stress and suffering. Self-compassion is not kicking yourself when you’re ...

Do you find yourself being harshly self-critical after you’ve made a mistake or failed to meet a personal goal? Familiar self-statements might be: “I can’t seem to do anything right!” or “I’m just not ...

When we think about holiday compassion, we tend to think about how we treat and talk to people outside of work–like friends, family, servers, and even strangers. But whether you run a company or ...

Cowritten by Sarah Sperber and Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. It is generally theorized that humans evolved to experience compassion because the altruistic behavior the emotion often triggers likely improved the ...

If you’re someone who regularly tries to understand people’s emotions and help those in need, you might consider yourself to be an empathetic and compassionate person. But, although these words are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. In a competitive and demanding work environment, dealing ...

If employees are feeling overworked and stressed and anxious, what is the solution? Many discussions about burnout inevitably turn to ideas like mindfulness and self-compassion: skills that can be ...

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 ...