Why Being Kind Can Make You Healthy
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The Science of Empathy and Kindness
Helen Reese is the director of a program that teaches people how to use and improve empathy. She wrote a paper called The Science of Empathy. In it, she explained why people have empathy. Our ability to see others suffering allows us to feel and understand their pain. Being kind reduces our own distress. Without empathy, our communities would be very different. They might not exist at all.
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