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Cultivating Empathy in My Children, from a Neuroscience Perspective

By Erin Clabough — 2019

Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.

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Jewish Spiritual Parenting: Wisdom, Activities, Rituals and Prayers for Raising Children with Spiritual Balance and Emotional Wholeness

Parenting has never been easy―but in a culture that encourages more screen time than face time, how can you make sure that your children stay connected to what really matters in life? In this guidebook for building a strong framework for a Jewish life, Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Michelle November,...

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Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes, Michelle November MSSW
2015
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Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.

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Mark Nepo
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What We May Be: Techniques for Psychological and Spiritual Growth Through Psychosynthesis

A popular and practical introduction to psychosynthesis—the empowering psychology of self-actualization and enhanced personal growth. This book outlines a specific programme of easy-to-perform exercises that form the basis of a total system for psychological and spiritual growth.

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Piero Ferrucci
2025
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Life’s work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into the circle wake you up rather than put you to sleep. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will.

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Pema Chödrön
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Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion

It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply.

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Thubten Chodron
2013
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Open Heart, Clear Mind: An Introduction to the Buddha's Teachings

An open heart is the dwelling place of compassion that extends toward all beings; a clear mind is the source of the penetrating wisdom of deep insight. Their union leads to the enlightened way of life that is at the heart of the spiritual path as taught by the Buddha.

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Thubten Chodron
1990
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John Bradshaw on Moral Intelligence Living Smart With Patricia Gras

Author, counselor, theologian and lecturer John Bradshaw discusses his newest book, Reclaiming Virtue, the definition of virtue and how to live life with moral intelligence.

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John Bradshaw
2010
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Make Your Life Purpose Invulnerable to Heartbreak and Frustration | don Jose Ruiz

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don Jose Ruiz
2017
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Instructing a Child’s Heart

From interaction with their peers to the instruction and correction that they receive at home, children interpret their experience from a worldview that seeks to answer their fundamental questions: Who am I? What do I exist for? Where can I find joy? We need to provide our children with a...

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Tedd Tripp, Margy Tripp
2008
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Creating Love: The Next Great Stage of Growth

John Bradshaw’s bestselling books and compelling PBS series have touched and changed millions of lives.

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John Bradshaw
1994
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