The Good Jungle

Altruism is good, right? Not so fast, says Joan Halifax in her book ‘Standing at the Edge’. There is a dark side to altruism.

Can compassion make us sick, what are the symptoms, and what can be done about it? That’s what GP turned executive coach Rachel Morris…

From a young age, I knew I wanted to ‘do good’ for a living. And so I became an aid worker, an altruist, here to change the world — an…

It is possible to involve ourselves emotionally and keep our sanity when serving people and planet in…

Join me for Sustained Compassion— an introduction to the practice and neuroscience of overcoming compassion fatigue and its relatives.

Many of us who’ve committed our lives to a social or humanitarian cause will often be adamant that we see all human beings as equal. The…

In professions routinely confronted with suffering, it is common belief that we have a choice between emotional shutdown and emotional…

We routinely look away from pain and disillusionment in our efforts to do good. But our pain, in fact, gives us access to what we need.

How come so many who set out to tackle poverty and injustice through international aid end up feeling trapped in a system that doesn’t? And…