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Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon is the founder and president of Roots of Empathy and the author of Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child.
Stories by Mary Gordon
Articles: The Wisdom of Babies
By Mary Gordon | July 27, 2011As Roots of Empathy gears up for its U.S. expansion, founder Mary Gordon reveals how the program has nurtured compassion around the world, one child at a time.
Videos and Podcasts: Meet Baby Mei
By Mary Gordon | July 26, 2011Mary Gordon shows a Roots of Empathy classroom and baby in action, explaining how together they help break cycles of intergenerational violence.
Videos and Podcasts: Emotional Literacy
By Mary Gordon | July 21, 2011Mary Gordon shares inspiring stories about children performing remarkable acts of compassion.
Videos and Podcasts: Our Common Humanity
By Mary Gordon | July 16, 2011Mary Gordon discusses how caring for a baby helps children find the humanity in themselves and others.
Videos and Podcasts: Tiny Teachers
By Mary Gordon | July 11, 2011Mary Gordon describes how babies can foster emotional connection and emotional literacy in the classroom.
Videos and Podcasts: Roots of Empathy’s Impact
By Mary Gordon | July 6, 2011Mary Gordon discusses the research showing that Roots of Empathy reduces aggression, boosts emotional literacy, and creates more caring children.
Videos and Podcasts: Mary Gordon on the Roots of Empathy
By Mary Gordon | July 1, 2011The founder and president of Roots of Empathy, a program that brings babies into classrooms to teach children compassion, shares stories and research from her program’s worldwide success.
Videos and Podcasts: Teach Compassion: Mary Gordon
By Mary Gordon | June 11, 2011The founder of Roots of Empathy explains the severe importance of empathy in a child’s development. Presented as part of the TEDxGoldenGateED event on June 11, 2011.
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
March 27, 2013A new report finds that fitting work with family isn't just a women's issue. Jeremy Adam Smith offers 10 tips for helping fathers to navigate a changing landscape at home and on the job.
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
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Here’s How Much You Love Humanity
May 21, 2013Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
May 21, 2013A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence
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