The Compassionate Brain
A FREE eight-part video series, hosted by Dr. Rick Hanson, that explores effective ways to change your brain and heart and life.
(Watch or listen to the entire series by registering at http://live.soundstrue.com/compassionatebrain/.)
Session 5: Balancing Compassion and Assertiveness
Session Highlights:
- An in-depth conversation with Dr. Kelly McGonigal, senior teacher and consultant for the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and author of The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
- Compassion for oneself and others in pain
- Bringing willpower to compassion
- Balancing compassion and assertiveness