Stress and the Service-to-Civilian Transition

The end of a police career marks a new chapter in the lives of police veterans. Find out how transition stress can disrupt a healthy adaptation.

The end of a police career marks a new chapter in the lives of police veterans. Find out how transition stress can disrupt a healthy adaptation.

How Can You Help a Suicidal Friend?

As suicide rates continue to rise, it's easy to feel hopeless. But you can help a friend who's struggling with suicidal thoughts.

As suicide rates continue to rise, it's easy to feel hopeless. But you can help a friend who's struggling with suicidal thoughts.

2 Essential Tips for Anyone Feeling Drained and Depleted

How you can help yourself when helping others has left you drained.

How you can help yourself when helping others has left you drained.

How Giving Advice Could Be Fueling Dependency and Burnout

Feeling constantly overwhelmed by others' issues? It may be time to adjust how you approach conversations, relationships, and giving advice.

Feeling constantly overwhelmed by others' issues? It may be time to adjust how you approach conversations, relationships, and giving advice.

How to Keep Our Compassion When It's Needed Most

Personal Perspective: Is the Information Age making you less compassionate?

Personal Perspective: Is the Information Age making you less compassionate?

Transforming Empathy Into Compassion: Why It Matters

We experience empathy across a spectrum of responses: mimicry, emotional contagion, sympathy, compassion. How do they differ?

We experience empathy across a spectrum of responses: mimicry, emotional contagion, sympathy, compassion. How do they differ?

The Responsibility Continuum

The roots of responsibility are mysteriously linked to the wings of independence. Here's how.

The roots of responsibility are mysteriously linked to the wings of independence. Here's how.

Take Care of Everyone but Yourself?: Self-Sacrifice Schema

Do you feel that your price of entry in the world is to sacrifice yourself to help others? Compassion is fulfilling, but, ultimately, this schema causes trouble for you and others.

Do you feel that your price of entry in the world is to sacrifice yourself to help others? Compassion is fulfilling, but, ultimately, this schema causes trouble for you and others.

Is It Time to Tune Out?

Tuning out might entail taking five minutes of peace away from your boisterous family members.

Tuning out might entail taking five minutes of peace away from your boisterous family members.

How to Stop Being a Rescuer

Do you experience empathy burnout? Learn how to stop being a rescuer to keep your empathy in balance.

Do you experience empathy burnout? Learn how to stop being a rescuer to keep your empathy in balance.

The Science Behind Trauma-Informed Yoga in Corrections

Trauma-informed yoga serves as a unique yet effective therapeutic approach to reducing correctional officer stress.

Trauma-informed yoga serves as a unique yet effective therapeutic approach to reducing correctional officer stress.

Empaths Can Be Jerks Like Anyone Else

Being highly attuned to others' feelings by itself is value-neutral. It all depends upon what is done with it.

Being highly attuned to others' feelings by itself is value-neutral. It all depends upon what is done with it.

Combating Compassion Fatigue

Feeling like you are spread thin in trying to take care of loved ones or others? A few changes can go a long way.

Feeling like you are spread thin in trying to take care of loved ones or others? A few changes can go a long way.

How Kindness and Care Can Serve as a Vehicle for Positive Change

A continued discussion with Sharon Salzberg about the power of compassion.

A continued discussion with Sharon Salzberg about the power of compassion.

Sharon Salzberg and the Power of Compassion

We have agency in terms of what we're going to do about something. You might have a huge wave of anger—that doesn't mean you're going to press send on the e-mail. It's up to you.

We have agency in terms of what we're going to do about something. You might have a huge wave of anger—that doesn't mean you're going to press send on the e-mail. It's up to you.

Is Compassion Fatigue Burning You Out?

Why studies are finding that empathy fatigue (rather than compassion fatigue) is what leads people to feel overwhelmed and exhausted at work.

Why studies are finding that empathy fatigue (rather than compassion fatigue) is what leads people to feel overwhelmed and exhausted at work.

Helping Juvenile Offenders Change: Practical Considerations

The scope of the task of helping juvenile offenders change may lead to despair and self-doubt by mental health professionals and corrections workers who are unprepared.

The scope of the task of helping juvenile offenders change may lead to despair and self-doubt by mental health professionals and corrections workers who are unprepared.

How the Brain's Mirror Neurons Affect Empathy

The relationship between empaths, compassion, and mirror neurons and how to manage them with healthy boundaries.

The relationship between empaths, compassion, and mirror neurons and how to manage them with healthy boundaries.

The Reality of Physician Burnout

Physicians have experienced feelings of burnout for decades; however, it wasn’t until the past ten years or so that we are now talking about this issue on many different platforms.

Physicians have experienced feelings of burnout for decades; however, it wasn’t until the past ten years or so that we are now talking about this issue on many different platforms.

Can Stress Make Us More Selfish?

People who are especially skilled at reading others' mental states may be more likely to behave selfishly when stressed, research finds.

People who are especially skilled at reading others' mental states may be more likely to behave selfishly when stressed, research finds.

Over-caring? How to Stop Depleting Yourself

Finding ways to care without depleting ourselves means we can be much more effective and fulfilled as caregivers.

Finding ways to care without depleting ourselves means we can be much more effective and fulfilled as caregivers.

Mental Health Among Mental Health Practitioners

Mental health professionals are supposed to be the "healthy" ones, the healers, while patients are the ones who are ill and need to be healed.

Mental health professionals are supposed to be the "healthy" ones, the healers, while patients are the ones who are ill and need to be healed.

Mental Health, Trauma, and the Nonprofit Sector

In helping professions, there can sometimes be shame, guilt, and weakness associated with needing to step back and catch one’s breath.

In helping professions, there can sometimes be shame, guilt, and weakness associated with needing to step back and catch one’s breath.

Once You Get Sick, Are You the Same Person?

Personal Perspective: As someone who has been and remains very ill, I can say that I am not the person I was. On behalf of myself and those like me, I ask where you find the interest and value in us.

Personal Perspective: As someone who has been and remains very ill, I can say that I am not the person I was. On behalf of myself and those like me, I ask where you find the interest and value in us.

To Help Someone Contemplating Suicide, Put Yourself First

Self-care is crucial for those supporting people at risk of taking their own lives.

Self-care is crucial for those supporting people at risk of taking their own lives.

How Culture Affects Compassion

Compassion is among the defining features of humanity. Yet the meaning and expression of compassion can vary widely across cultures.

Compassion is among the defining features of humanity. Yet the meaning and expression of compassion can vary widely across cultures.

Empathy Can Drain You, but Compassion May Sustain You

Empathy, as a stand-alone response to another's suffering, can be draining. Compassionate responses add action to emotion, and this nourishes us in ways that empathy alone cannot.

Empathy, as a stand-alone response to another's suffering, can be draining. Compassionate responses add action to emotion, and this nourishes us in ways that empathy alone cannot.

4 Ways to Help the Helpers

Mr. Rogers told us to "look for the helpers." What about helping them?

Mr. Rogers told us to "look for the helpers." What about helping them?

The Trouble With Trying to Change the World

Do you fear that all your hard work isn’t making enough of a difference? Everyone's threshold of what is “enough” of a contribution to the world is different.

Do you fear that all your hard work isn’t making enough of a difference? Everyone's threshold of what is “enough” of a contribution to the world is different.

How to Handle 2022: A Therapist’s Boundaries

Wondering how to handle the expectations and stressors of 2022? This therapist recommends setting some boundaries, and saying "No."

Wondering how to handle the expectations and stressors of 2022? This therapist recommends setting some boundaries, and saying "No."