Karen Armstrong is an author, religious historian and former nun who observes that world religions are not helping us realize our shared humanity.  She also observes that the one thing all religions have in common is the Golden Rule: do to others what you would like to be done to you. Karen Armstrong’s TED talk [...]

In an effort to further integrate the practice of compassion into my professional and personal life, and to sharpen my emotional IQ, I just attended a weekend workshop on Compassionate Listening. You would think someone with a communications degree who spent a year of her recent professional career bringing  the father of compassion (the Dalai [...]

The Compassion movement continues! Please join the Compassionate Action Network and Seeds of Compassion on April 24th for: Compassionate Seattle; It’s Up to Us.
This event marks the two-year anniversary of Seeds of Compassion, which was the largest event in the history of Washington State. Seattle made history again by being the first city in [...]