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    Compassion is Growing: The 2025 Compassion Report

    Compassion Institute Team | March 3, 2025
    Interest in compassion is growing. Recently, we were very happy…
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      Compassion Cultivation Training©: A Light for These Times

      Anne Walter | December 23, 2024
      The parable of a hummingbird encountering an incredible forest fire…
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        Compassion Institute Is Helping Leaders Build a Better Future

        Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW | December 23, 2024
        When I first encountered Compassion Institute, I didn’t know how…
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          From Shattered Plans to a Compassionate Life: My Journey as a CCT™ Teacher in Azerbaijan

          Sevinj Aliyeva | December 2, 2024
          My journey into compassion began amidst a period of turmoil…
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            Why Compassion is a Fundamental Leadership Strength — and a Necessity to Save Our Democracy

            Phillipe Cunningham, Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) Alumni | November 27, 2024
            Even now, in my late thirties, I vividly recall the…
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              Compassionatomy: Redefining Anatomy Through Empathy and Compassion as Featured by UCSD

              Joyce Pritchett | November 27, 2024
              This article appeared in UC San Diego Today, the university’s…
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                Consider Compassion as Featured by Illinois Psychiatric Society

                Luke Lammers | November 26, 2024
                This article appeared in the December 2023 issue of the…
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                  Staff Spotlight: Julie Learmond-Criqui, Program Director, Courageous Heart

                  Julie Learmond-Criqui | October 28, 2024
                  Julie (left) receiving Community Academy Certificate from Chief Norris (right)…
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                    Embracing My Beginner’s Mind with Compassion

                    Jonathan Ayala | September 27, 2024
                    I’m feeling like a beginner a lot these days. I’m…
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