In this talk hosted by the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School, I explored how compassion can expand beyond empathy for those who are like us and considered a bolder, “fierce” compassion – one that includes people we may dislike or oppose, responds to suffering with courage and clarity, and addresses not only its immediate effects but also its deeper systemic causes.
Being Well Podcast: Reducing Emotional Reactivity and Finding Inner Peace with Yung Pueblo
Forrest sits down with Diego Perez, the meditator and poet known as Yung Pueblo, to talk about reducing emotional reactivity, letting go, and what it takes to slow down enough to choose something different.
