Kroese also discusses his life, from being a toddler in a Japanese concentration camp during the Second World War, to becoming a surgeon, traveling to find inner peace, and ultimately, training to be a meditation teacher. The video, “This Will Also Pass,” runs 21:19: Johan Bergstad is a licensed psychologist, mindfulness teacher, writer and photographer from Sweden.
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But this is the wrong approach, says psychiatrist and researcher Helen Riess, author of the new book The Empathy Effect. The ability to connect empathically with others—to feel with them, to care about their well-being, and to act with compassion—is critical to our lives, helping us to get along, work more effectively, and thrive as a society. Most of Riess’s research on empathy has focused on health care. Since doctors are confronted with suffering day in and day out, their situation is fitting for observing how empathy affects well-being....
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While this may seem a lengthy tip to recall in the midst of uh-oh moments, the power of active breathing—voluntarily inhaling and exhaling to control our breathing rhythm—has been known and used throughout history. Even today, in tactical situations by soldiers, or in extreme cold conditions by the Ice Man, we know that slow, deep breathing can calm the nervous system by reducing our heart rate and activating the parasympathetic (calming) nervous system....
