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How Mindfulness Fosters Compassion

By Paul Gilbert | September 2013 | TRT 22:24

By Jon Kabat-Zinn

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By Shauna Shapiro

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How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain

Free and online: Join us Thursday, Nov. 21, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. PT for a special conversation on the benefits of gratitude, along with practical techniques for people, and practitioners, to easily incorporate it into day-to-day life.

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Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert, Ph.D., is head of the Mental Health Research Unit as well as Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby. He…

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