The Compassion Initiative: Just Two Guys in Brisbane talking Compassion. www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au

This 10 minute track is a meditation for therapists and practitioners to assist in cultivating a compassionate motivation and help manage their own self-care.

This is an exercise aimed to help develop your compassionate self. When you do these practices it is important to just play around with them and see how they work for you. If they are difficult it at all, just stop. So as they say, stay in your safe zone. With time these practices become easier.

Here are a couple of extra resources and important people Clare wanted to mention and acknowledge:

These include in alphabetical order, the other co-founders of Effective Altruism at UQ: Alexander Buckmaster, Benjamin Cottier, Chelsea Just, Jennifer Yu and Matti Wilks. Also Isabelle Barrass and Ryan Kidd. As well as staff member Michael Vincent.

Here are some other important links:

Beth Barnes’ TED talk (6 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtWINl3C_7s

1-minute video on Students for High Impact Charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnN15MFDNnU

Official site for info on effective altruism: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

The 80,000 Hours website (the organisation is called 80,000 Hours because that’s the estimated average number of hours people spend in their careers): https://80000hours.org/

Giving What We Can: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/

GiveWell (human-focused charity evaluator): https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities

Animal Charity Evaluators (animal-focused charity evaluator): https://animalcharityevaluators.org/donation-advice/recommended-charities/

The problems with PlayPumps: http://objectsindevelopment.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/10-problems-with-the-PlayPump.pdf

An example of a Giving Game in action, delivered by Catherine Low from Students for High Impact Charity: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWC1moz0aOb-Och6kCVbFGwcBqfV6guCf

Podcast 11: Interview with Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland CFT and Psychosis by The Compassion Initiative: Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby

Podcast 10: Understanding Compassion as a Motivation by The Compassion Initiative: Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby

Podcast 9: 2018 Welcome Back Podcast by The Compassion Initiative: Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby

Welcome to The Compassion Initiative Podcast Series. This Podcast series features Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, both Clinical Psychologists. Stan and James are the co-founders of The Compassion Initiative. The podcast series is a relaxed informal ongoing conversation between Stan and James about issues related to compassion. You can access and subscribe to the Podcast on our website: www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au

Welcome to The Compassion Initiative Podcast Series. This Podcast series features Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, both Clinical Psychologists. Stan and James are the co-founders of The Compassion Initiative. The podcast series is a relaxed informal ongoing conversation between Stan and James about issues related to compassion. You can access and subscribe to the Podcast on our website: www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au

Welcome to The Compassion Initiative Podcast Series. This Podcast series features Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, both Clinical Psychologists. Stan and James are the co-founders of The Compassion Initiative. The podcast series is a relaxed informal ongoing conversation between Stan and James about issues related to compassion. You can access and subscribe to the Podcast on our website: www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au

These tracks feature Dr James Kirby delivering Compassion-Focused Therapy exercises in order to help build individual's own compassionate self.