True compassion can never be forced from someone under duress. It can never be coerced and pried from a person's heart. Only bitter compliance can be obtained this way, accompanied…

I just watched and wanted to comment on this Ted Talk by Johann Hari. I remember hearing this speaker on Sam Harris's podcast months ago and feeling unusually engaged.  I…

Fights take energy to start and escalate, and they also take energy to stop.  Wars, be they between nations or tribes or individuals, have inertia.  This applies to couples in…