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Amp Your Happiness with Kindness and Compassion

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Amp Your Happiness with Kindness and Compassion

Free 10-Minute Loving-kindness Meditation!

Compassion is the feeling you get when you witness someone in need and want to help alleviate their suffering. It cultivates kindness & kindness has been shown to activate our vagus nerve and reward circuitry.  Practicing compassion strengthens our social connections leading to more happiness. Compassion activates our parasympathetic system resulting in a slower heart rate and less stress when we are confronted with challenges. Compassion also makes us happier by increasing our social connections and making us feel similar to others. Find out how to strengthen your compassion muscle below!

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How to Handle a Rough Day

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How to Handle a Rough Day

The other day I had a really rough day. But I had a student that I was teaching and I made sure that they received the most out of each situation: all the teachable moments, all the pearls from each case. In medicine, and I’m sure in many work situations, you think you have to look like you have everything under control and nothing can phase you. At the end of the day I realized that I had forgotten to teach the most important lesson: how to deal with the rough day!

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