Compassion can come more naturally when we like someone, they are amiable, or when we judge their problems to be caused by an obvious injustice.

But what if you don’t get along? Or they’ve mistreated you? Or they are a significant cause of their own suffering?

In these circumstances, it takes courage, wisdom, and strength to act with compassion. 

And doing so can be hugely beneficial.

Finding your compassion in these circumstances can help to overcome conflict, cultivate resilience, reduce stress, heal wounds, and can address the root causes of suffering. 

If the person we are in conflict with is known to us, then it’s likely that we will want to maintain a good relationship with them even after a period of disagreement.

And it they are not, offering compassion can help to create new relationships, build bridges, and overcome social divisions.

Your compassion for yourself strengthens you.

Your compassion for others strengthens you. 

Join New York Times bestselling author, psychologist, and Founder of the Global Compassion Coalition, Dr. Rick Hanson, for practical ways to work through conflict and challenging relationships, with a focus on effective ways to handle issues, grounded in the compassion and clarity.

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In this three hour workshop, you’ll learn how to:

  • Find your footing on shakey ground.

  • Cultivate self-compassion.

  • Use compassion for effective assertiveness.

  • Be at peace with what is out of your hands.

This includes:

  • A three-hour on-demand workshop with useful ideas and tools, experiential practices, and guided personal reflections.

  • One month of access to all of the course materials.
    (And the option to purchase lifetime access at the end.)

  • Joining a global coalition using the power of compassion to come together and make a better world.

Course curriculum

    1. What to Expect

    2. A Warm Welcome from Dr. Rick Hanson

    1. Three Foundation Strengths

    2. Practice: Building the Three Foundational Strengths

    3. The Nature of Compassion

    4. Practice: Resting in Compassion

    5. Week One Q&A

    6. Week One Reflection

    1. Compassion for Yourself

    2. Practice: Self-Compassion

    3. Deserving Compassion

    4. Reflection: Self-Compassion in Conflict

    5. Week Two Q&A

    6. Week Two Reflection

    1. Compassion for Others

    2. Practice: Find your Footing

    3. Week Three Q&A

    4. Week Three Reflection

    1. Practice: Broadening Your Field of Compassion

    2. What Compassion is Not & Finding your Footing in Difficult Relationships

    3. Practice: Extending Compassion Toward Someone Who is Mildly Challenging

    4. Week Four Q&A #1

    5. Practice: Extending Compassion Toward a Very Challenging Person

    6. Week Four Q&A #2

    1. Practice: Extending the Circle of Us

    2. Closing thoughts

About this course

  • Free
  • 26 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

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This course is being offered freely for a limited time. Register by August 31, 2025 for one month of free access to all course materials.

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