Choose compassion : why it matters and how it works /
Kirby, James, Dr,
Choose compassion : why it matters and how it works / James Kirby. - St Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource
Title from cover page (viewed on September 27, 2022).
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Praise for Choose Compassion -- Author biography -- Title page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: What is compassion? -- Chapter 2: The things that move us -- Chapter 3: Thinking our way to compassion -- Chapter 4: Compassion in the family -- Chapter 5: Fears of compassion -- Chapter 6: Training compassion -- Chapter 7: The difficulties of self-compassion -- Chapter 8: The anatomy of suffering -- Chapter 9: When compassion collapses -- Chapter 10: Compassionate contradictions -- Chapter 11: Compassion around the world -- Chapter 12: The future of compassion Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Imprint page
Australia's leading compassion researcher explores the challenges of becoming a more compassionate person and developing a more compassionate society. Drawing on his many years of experience as a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr James Kirby brings together hard science and real-life examples to offer a guide to a more compassionate life and society. Kirby debunks the myth that compassion is simply a feeling and shows us how it is a motivational force that can shape our behaviour and relationships with each other and the world. He considers how it might help with self-criticism, parenting and grief, and he explores what part artificial intelligence might play in a compassionate future. --
9780702267109
Compassion.
Compassion--Psychological aspects.
Families--Psychological aspects.
Self-acceptance.
Family & health.
Self-help, personal development & practical advice.
Electronic Books.
BJ1475 / .C466 2022
Choose compassion : why it matters and how it works / James Kirby. - St Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource
Title from cover page (viewed on September 27, 2022).
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Praise for Choose Compassion -- Author biography -- Title page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: What is compassion? -- Chapter 2: The things that move us -- Chapter 3: Thinking our way to compassion -- Chapter 4: Compassion in the family -- Chapter 5: Fears of compassion -- Chapter 6: Training compassion -- Chapter 7: The difficulties of self-compassion -- Chapter 8: The anatomy of suffering -- Chapter 9: When compassion collapses -- Chapter 10: Compassionate contradictions -- Chapter 11: Compassion around the world -- Chapter 12: The future of compassion Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Imprint page
Australia's leading compassion researcher explores the challenges of becoming a more compassionate person and developing a more compassionate society. Drawing on his many years of experience as a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr James Kirby brings together hard science and real-life examples to offer a guide to a more compassionate life and society. Kirby debunks the myth that compassion is simply a feeling and shows us how it is a motivational force that can shape our behaviour and relationships with each other and the world. He considers how it might help with self-criticism, parenting and grief, and he explores what part artificial intelligence might play in a compassionate future. --
9780702267109
Compassion.
Compassion--Psychological aspects.
Families--Psychological aspects.
Self-acceptance.
Family & health.
Self-help, personal development & practical advice.
Electronic Books.
BJ1475 / .C466 2022