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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Alisa Pressman and today I want to have a conversation

with you just the two of us about compassion, cultivating compassion in your family and in the

larger world. And first I'm going to talk about the science of compassion and then I'm going to

give you some concrete mindfulness tools so that you can grow that muscle every day, every week,

whenever you feel inspired. If you enjoy this episode, please write a review in Apple Podcasts

and give a five star rating. It helps me so much, helps get the word out and helps more people

have access to this content. Let me start by saying that compassion helps us understand

how to relate. In particular, it helps us understand how to relate to our children and when

we're in relationships, we are less reactive. We're more responsive. And that reactivity is often

the thing that happens that we regret in our interactions. So when you apply compassion,

for example, to discipline, you're protecting the closeness of your relationship and you're

coming at the discipline from that place of teaching, guiding, understanding, and supporting.

And that's going to give you the more long-term success, I say in quotes. And it has a huge impact

on not only your child's well-being, but your well-being, your partner's well-being and not to get

to woo-woo on you, but really our planet, our entire community, and larger worlds, benefits.

So first, I'm going to talk about the science of compassion because that's the approach that I

take. And then I'm going to get into the practical tools which are rooted in science, but they're

also rooted in mindfulness and meditation. So pick whichever lane you feel most comfortable. It all

is part of the same message, which is compassion is a huge part of our capacity to relate

in the world and to survive and thrive. There's also a little bit of a misunderstanding about compassion

that it's the same thing as empathy. So first, I guess I should back up and say that when we encounter

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