Jason is a Registered Nurse and Associate Professor of Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Flinders University. Having practised mindfulness and compassion-based contemplative practices for over twenty years, he now enjoys sharing with others the benefits of compassion cultivation training. Through a positive education approach, his teaching and research situate compassion and self-compassion as positive emotions that help build a foundation for flourishing; with individual compassion literacy contributing to compassionate communities that transform everyday suffering in both personal and professional contexts.