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A 5-week, online course that will help you lead a life filled with compassion. Led by Dr Rick Hanson with Tara Brach, Thupten Jinpa, Rhonda V Magee, Gabor Maté, and Kristin Neff.
The Heart of Compassion offers you a deep-dive into practical applications of compassion. You’ll learn why compassion is important, and how it can be used every day to ease our suffering and that of others.
Opening the Heart
Psychologist, Meditation Teacher, and Best-Selling Author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion
Cultivating Compassion for Others
Founder of the Compassion Institute and Principal Author of the Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Program at Stanford University
Practicing Self-Compassion
Pioneering Self-Compassion Researcher and Author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Compassion for the Hard Things (Including Loss and Trauma)
Renowned Speaker and Best-Selling Author of The Myth of Normal
Compassion and Injustice
Professor of Law at University of San Francisco and Author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice
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Psychologist, New York Times Best-Selling Author, and Founder of the Global Compassion Coalition
Intimate conversations with experts – includes audio downloads, closed captions, and transcripts
Guided experiential practice audios to make the teachings real.
5 weeks of email reminders and guidance through the course
2 hour-long live sessions with
Dr. Rick Hanson at 12pm PT/3pm ET on May 16, and 30
Articles, research papers, and worksheets so you can dig deeper
Access to exclusive community forums to interact with others
We aim to make these teachings as accessible as possible – while also using them as a way to raise funds for the good work we’re doing at the Global Compassion Coalition. We hope that everyone will pay what they can, and we also offer full scholarships to anyone in need.
Yes, scholarships are available for those in need. Please see the section directly above to apply.
The Heart of Compassion is a self-paced, on-demand course with pre-recorded video, plus a rich collection of additional materials from its teachers.
There will be 3 live-streamed Q&As with Dr. Rick Hanson at 12pm PT / 3pm ET on May 2, May 16, and May 30. However, these are optional and the recordings will be made available if you can’t attend live (or want to re-watch it).
All of the course videos will be captioned and transcripts will also be available.
Send an email to info@globalcompassioncoalition.org and we will be happy to help.
Sometimes our confirmation emails can get stuck in Spam/Junk folders. Please check there, and if you still have not found it, please send an email to info@globalcompassioncoalition.org and we will be happy to help.
The refund policy is good for 30 days after the program starts (May 1, 2023) – and if you’ve registered after that time, it is good for 30 days after purchase. If you would like a refund, please email us at info@globalcompassioncoalition.org.
For a limited time only, every donation made to build our global movement for compassion will be automatically matched by two generous supporters.
Help us build a world based on compassion by donating today.