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The kindness cure : how the science of compassion can heal your heart & your world  Cover Image Book Book

The kindness cure : how the science of compassion can heal your heart & your world / Tara Cousineau, PhD.

Cousineau, Tara, (author.).

Summary:

Psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how compassion and empathy are hardwired into our DNA and essential to our survival. This book teaches effective skills in compassion, mindfulness, and social and emotional learning, and reveals successful social policy initiatives in empathy taking place that inform everything from family life to education to the workplace.

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  • ISBN: 9781626259690 (paperback ) :
  • Physical Description: ix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Oakland, California : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Compassion.
Kindness.
Caring.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Portage la Prairie Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Foreword vii
Introduction 1(8)
1 Kindness Takes Effort
9(11)
Part 1 To Be Human Is to Be Kind
2 Your Kindness Instinct
20(5)
3 Happy to Help
25(6)
4 Cultivating Courage
31(6)
5 Compassionate on Purpose
37(7)
6 Imagination's Objects of Affection
44(6)
7 The Kinship of Belonging to Each Other
50(9)
Part 2 Your Caring Mind
8 Reset Your Stress
59(7)
9 Befriending Your Senses
66(6)
10 Emotional Paradox
72(7)
11 The Power of a Pause
79(7)
12 Face-to-Heart Connections
86(6)
13 Hugs and High Fives
92(7)
14 Taking in Kindness
99(7)
Part 3 Kindfulness
15 Mindfulness with Heart
106(6)
16 Your Loving Self
112(6)
17 The Naturalness of Being
118(6)
18 Radical Acceptance
124(7)
19 Singing for Our Souls
131(5)
20 Cherishing the Little Things
136(7)
21 An Attitude of Gratitude
143(7)
Part 4 Kindsight
22 Grace and Grit
150(7)
23 Forgiveness Is a Gift to Yourself
157(6)
24 Apologies Make for a Friendly World
163(7)
25 Writing New Beginnings
170(6)
26 Accepting a Helping Hand
176(7)
27 Gifts in Kind
183(7)
28 Networks of Generosity
190(7)
Conclusion: Reimagining Kindness 197(6)
Acknowledgments 203(2)
Resources 205(1)
Notes 206


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