Compassion & Healing

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Deliver Us From Evil: How Collective Rage May Become The Substance Non-Human Evil Feeds Upon.
ByBrendan August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

This article is likely one of the most emotionally challenging I have written. It is based upon phenomena I am witnessing in the world which I believe is moving dangerously closer to its own destruction. I am witnessing it especially through the algorithmic patterns of media and social media. Introduction There are moments when human…

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Compassion & Healing | Humanity, Justice & Change

Dorothy Day & Non-Violent Resistance To State Violence
ByBrendan July 27, 2026August 13, 2026

A Life of Peaceful Resistance Dorothy Day’s approach to peaceful resistance was distinctive because it joined radical social activism, Christian anarchism and absolute pacifism. As co founder of the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933, she saw resistance not simply as protest or political strategy, but as a complete way of life. For Day, belief and…

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Compassion & Healing | Psychotherapy & Psychology

Coming Home to the Self: How Internal Family Systems Therapy Helps Us Heal the Parts Within
ByBrendan July 27, 2026August 13, 2026

Many people come to therapy feeling divided inside. One part of them longs for change, while another part feels frightened of it. One part wants closeness, while another pushes people away. One part carries shame, while another works hard to keep everything looking strong and capable. This inner complexity is not a sign that something…

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Compassion & Healing | Humanity, Justice & Change

A New Dawn of Compassion: Transforming the Darkness of Our Time
ByBrendan February 1, 2026August 13, 2026

Listening to the Pain of the World: Healing the Human Soul My heart is listening to the pain of the world. There is so much anger, fear, suspicion, projection, despair, violence, grief, sadness, and mistrust. We live in a time when trustworthy leaders are almost nowhere to be found. Some are dictators. Others are neoliberal…

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Compassion & Healing | Spirituality & Mysticism

Francis: An Icon of True Humanity
ByBrendan May 31, 2025August 13, 2026

St Francis’ lasting legacy was to teach humanity the sacred lessons of unconditional and boundless love. He especially taught love through his humble service to the vulnerable peoples in his own time who were held in contempt by the powerful and comfortable. He demonstrated the indestructible power of love, which overcomes our primal egoic thoughts…

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Compassion & Healing | Mindfulness & Inner Life

The Gift of Mindfulness for You
ByBrendan March 22, 2025August 13, 2026

Mindfulness is a form of meditative practice which focuses upon our mind and attention. In Mindfulness we notice bodily experiences, such as our breathing, sensation, and our energy. We notice external things such as sounds near to us, smells, taste and touch. Mindfulness draws upon a knowledge base of cognitive behavioural psychology, neuroscience, and Buddhist…

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Compassion & Healing | Psychotherapy & Psychology

Compassion And Self Compassion
ByBrendan March 22, 2025August 13, 2026

Originally written for the Lynn News, Thought for the Day When we think of the word compassion, we associate it with the attribute of kindness. Compassion does consist of kindness. However, it also consists of far more. Professor Paul Gilbert (OBE) is a renown clinical psychologist who has made significant contributions to the field of compassionate…

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Compassion & Healing | Psychotherapy & Psychology

Trauma and Compassion: Gabor Maté
ByBrendan March 22, 2025August 13, 2026

Originally written for the Lynn News, Thought for the Day The internationally acclaimed medical doctor, Gabor Maté, is a bestselling author, teacher and public speaker whose pioneering compassionate work with people suffering from addictions and their causative underlying traumas, has been a very important voice in the development of global humanitarianism and compassion. Gabor was born…

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Compassion & Healing | Mindfulness & Inner Life

I will not judge
ByBrendan October 2, 2023August 13, 2026

We are a fractured, fragmented and dysfunctional humanity in many ways. We are also an incredibly good, compassionate and creative species. We oscillate between these. Our global history bears witness to this. Most of us don’t intend to cause harm, but we do. Some of us have been twisted into narcissism by destructive formative experiences….

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