Tania Singer: The Practice You Cannot Do Alone: Compassion, Burnout, and the Power of Two

Join us for an Awakin Call with Tania Singer — The Practice You Cannot Do Alone: Compassion, Burnout, and the Power of Two  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Awakin Calls A ServiceSpace Project This Week's Guest Tania Singer "The Practice You Cannot Do Alone: Compassion, Burnout, and the Power of Two" Join Us Monday, September 28 7:30 AM Pacific RSVP Now → About Tania Can care be trained? Tania Singer has spent more than thirty years putting that question to brain scanners, and her answer is yes. She learned it in experiments with Matthieu Ricard, the French biologist turned Tibetan monk often called the world's happiest man. Lying in a brain scanner, watching footage of suffering children, he showed none of the pain she expected -- what she saw were regions tied to affiliation, warmth and reward. Asked to switch to ordinary empathy, he tired much faster. Non-meditators given a few days of compassion training showed the same pattern. What does mental training actually do? She built the ReSource Project, one of the largest secular studies of mental training ever run: 332 people, nine months of daily practice. "It matters what you practice," she says -- three months of mindfulness made people more attentive, but not more compassionate. The second finding was the power of two: contemplative dyads, taking turns to speak honestly while the other listens without judging, a new partner each week. Set against practicing alone, pairs came out less lonely and more resilient, their stress hormones lower, and they kept practicing after the trials ended. She is now carrying those dyads into schools and hospitals. Care, she has found, is best trained in company. Read full bio → 🌱 Seed Questions for Reflection What practice have you managed to keep going only because someone else was waiting for you? Share Your Reflections Explore Past Conversations Xavier Dr. Randima Amardeep Browse all 700+ conversations → Awakin Calls are conversations with global changemakers to inspire deeper awareness and transformative action. No agenda. No pitches. Just deep sharing. Our Other Projects DailyGood  •  Pods  •  Awakin AI  •  ServiceSpace Unsubscribe  |  View in browser