3702: Why Creating More Kindness and Compassion Matters by Dr. Jenny Brockis on Improving Cognitive Function

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3702: Dr. Jenny Brockis explores how compassion is a vital skill for thriving in life and work, not just a feel-good gesture. Drawing from neuroscience and human behavior, she explains how practicing compassion boosts well-being, strengthens relationships, and enhances cognitive function, making us better leaders, colleagues, and people. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://drjennybrockis.com/2019/7/18/creating-more-compassion-matters/ Quotes to ponder: "Compassion matters because it helps us to thrive as human beings." "Compassion isn’t weak or fluffy. It’s courageous and strong." "When we feel seen, heard and valued, we’re more open to connection, engagement and change." Episode references: Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education: https://ccare.stanford.edu/ The Greater Good Science Center: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah.
0:35.2	What you look like. It's all. Did you watch the football last night?
0:38.8	It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've
0:43.3	been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God,
0:48.7	you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. And it shouldn't be there. We should be
0:52.7	trying to change that stereotype,
0:55.0	believing that there is space for everybody. This is optimal living daily. By creating more
1:01.5	kindness and compassion matters by Dr. Jenny Brockes of Dr. Jenny Brockes.com. And I'm just
1:07.8	a maug your very own personal narrator. I read the best blogs that I can get
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1:18.5	So with that, let's get right to another post and start optimizing your life.
1:26.4	Why Creating More Kindness and Compassion Matters by Dr. Jenny Brockus of Dr. Jenny Brockes.com
1:33.1	One day when I was eight, I went on a trip to a fun fair with one of my best friends and her parents.
1:40.6	We had such a great day, but when it came to the large merry-go-round, my friend didn't want to go on that ride,
1:46.3	so I clambered up on my own to sit astride a gaily painted horse and watch the world go around.
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