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The Elephant Man

1980

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

124 min

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The Science of Compassion

The field of compassion science has surged in the past decade as researchers are studying a myriad of powerful ways compassion practices can improve health and strengthen relationships.

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Amanda Tust
2020
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20 Reasons Why Compassion Is So Important in Psychology

Compassion is an essential element in society and is vital to the survival of the human race.

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Heather S. Lonczak, PhD
2021
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A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

The Buddhist practice of mindfulness first caught on in the West when we began to understand its many practical benefits. Now Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., introduces a practice with even greater life-changing power: compassion.

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Thupten Jinpa
2016
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Intentional Acts of Kindness

Mary Ann Christie Burnside teaches us how the kindness we offer ourselves and others affects what happens in the very next moment.

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Mindful Staff
2011
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Why Choose Kindness

Boost your well-being by being kind—to others and to yourself.

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Marianna Pogosyan
2019
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Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving

Much like gratitude, Angela contends we need a kindness practice. A practice in which we learn to see with our hearts and act from a place of compassion. As the Dalai Lama says, “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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Angela C. Santomero, Deepak Chopra (foreword)
2019
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Kindness: Change Your Life and Make the World a Kinder Place

When you step out of your own life and take more notice of what's happening in other people's lives, you realise that you have the power to make a difference – a positive difference – in their lives and your own.

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Gill Hasson
2018
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Tap into Your Compassion to Push Out Negativity

Our most negative encounters can sometimes offer us great spiritual guidance.

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Gabrielle Bernstein
2015
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How to Live Our Most Meaningful Lives with Compassion and Self-Love

In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame and self-hatred that frequently they arise in Western students’ practice.

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Jack Kornfield
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Reaching Out for Compassion

At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.

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Tara Brach
2014
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Compassion