Emotion

Compassion: Not Just For Saints Any More

Posted on December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 by Wendy Webber

Compassion is an emotion—a response to the suffering of others and an accompanying desire to eliminate or minimize such suffering, or, at least, to make it more bearable. Compassion is hard, but bei... Read More

Can Emotional Awareness Lead to Better Healthcare?

Posted on March 21, 2014March 20, 2014 by Tom Peteet

As a resident in the ICU, I’ve spent 160 hours over the last two weeks treating pneumonia, respiratory failure, alcohol withdrawal, and dozens of other diagnoses. I have spent less than precious few... Read More

Fear and Loathing in Qalandiya

Posted on February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Before today, I never imagined I would be quite so relieved to not understand Arabic. That’s because today, I visited a small portion of the West Bank with my wife and infant son courtesy of the... Read More

Getting Out Of The Grey Area Of Love!

Posted on June 30, 2012June 28, 2012 by Kit Evans

The other night I had a dream. I was looking into the ocean, but it was not the beautiful aqua blue ocean I have grown to love. It was grey with clouds draping over it like chalk. Goats and some anima... Read More