Compassion is a highly strategic, structured, and thoughtful practice rather than a permissive or passive way of engaging with others.

“And actually, compassion is highly strategic, thoughtful, and true. And when I strate when I say strategic, what I mean by that is it has boundaries, it has parameters, it has rules, but it gives someone the space and time that they deserve and need rather than me projecting my timelines onto someon”

Compassion is an internal energy that arises when one witnesses suffering and feels a genuine urge for that suffering to be removed.

“Now compassion is within us. You should consider it as an energy. When you see someone's suffering, that energy or emotion should be called that. When something awakens from within, after seeing someone's suffering, you should pray from within that their suffering should go away.”

We can increase our capacity for compassion by learning to act as a healing holding environment for our own feelings rather than suppressing or acting on them.

“But there's a third way to be with feelings that neither suppresses or denies them. Quite in fact, the opposite. Allows much more intimacy with them. gives them profound permission to fully be here and also does not fully identify with them or react from them and that is to become a profoundly heali”

By visualizing memories of care and comfort, we can use the brain's natural simulation processes to access and strengthen our innate capacity for compassion.

“What's happening within the brain is we're actually simulating the experience as if it's happening now. We don't have to work really hard to do that. The brain is constantly doing this.”

She views compassion as the most skillful action one can take to relieve another's suffering, distinguishing it from empathy, which is simply feeling that suffering with them.

“a core difference between empathy and compassion for me is you know the example like a child skids and hurts themselves right and has that you know bumps into a wall and they're crying empathy is feeling it with them and crying with them or if you want to have compassion you relieve their suffer”

Giving flowers as a gift enhances emotional connection between the giver and the receiver.

“when you give flowers as a gift it activates something inside you that makes you feel more emotionally connected to the person that you're giving flowers to”

Compassion allows for connection and mutual support that makes great things possible during difficult times.

“The idea from the Buddhist teachings is that when we're together and committed to compassion, liberation, a free heart, and care for one another, amazing things are possible.”

Compassion is a fundamental strength that helps individuals navigate and transcend the difficult crucibles of life.

“My biggest value is compassion. I feel like it is one of the most underrated characteristics in the world. And I feel like people think that compassion is weakness or compassion is crying or too much empathy. And for me, compassion is strength.”

Maintaining neutrality and understanding that everything is sacred allows people to find connection even amidst separation.

“We can find a neutrality in understanding that everything in life is sacred. Everything comes from divine, even the things that you consider dark or the things that you don't agree with.”

Laughter shared among people creates a sacred, healing connection that brings individuals together.

“laughter is carbonated holiness and when we're laughing together we're on sacred ground”