Love is the most powerful and constructive emotion we have. So why are we afraid to talk about it and use it as leaders?

Remember when you were a curious child? We were all born curious. Renew your curiosity to strengthen your compassionate leadership.

In our first post about the Epidemiology of Compassion and Love conference, we covered a broad swath of territory addressed during the meeting. We wanted to share more insights from the groundbreaking symposium.

No term describes the simultaneous presence of 2 positive attributes in an individual the way comorbidity describes the simultaneous presence of 2 diseases. This isn’t a surprise. Epidemiology has been around since the 1850s, while widespread scientific study of positive emotions and behaviors is more recent. This language gap should be closed and we propose doing so with a new word, “covitality.”

Spreading compassion and love everywhere is no small feat. Last week, we gathered with scholars, scientists, practitioners and leaders from around the world to focus on using the science of epidemiology as a tool to expand compassion and love on a global scale.

Welcome to the 2020s, The Decade of Compassion! Three key attributes of this moment point to this being the right time, the critical time for this decade to become The Decade of Compassion.

The holidays can bring out the best and the unintended worst in many of us. Try showing up with good intentions, stay grounded, and pay attention to your language. Although the challenges might reach back through generations, and have felt impossible to overcome in the past, you might just discover that you feel more at ease with a positive language and mindset.

We invite you to look back with us on 2019 and consider five of our favorite titles published this year. We hope you take time to sample one or more of these insightful books to deepen your appreciation for and practices around compassionate leadership.

Compassion is contagious. We have a choice as to what impact we would like to create in the world as a result of our actions. We can offset the violence and anger in the world by acting compassionately towards others.

This year’s Sixth Annual Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington, DC brought a fresh set of voices and perspectives to honestly assess the current state of mindfulness in leadership. The rich presentations, conversations, and connections all contributed to a stellar experience of new learning, ideas, and practices. Read our main takeaways from the conference.