Rev. Mia Baumgartner Speaks with Dr. Michael Trice About “Compassionomics – the Act of Making Care Matter”

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In response to Dr. Michael Trice’s question—“Is compassion a core value?”—Rev. Mia Baumgartner says, “As a society what do we want our kids to be? To go to school, be successful, get a job, go to college, learn stuff, and join the machine. We don’t have that same mantra for compassion.” 

Rev. Mia Baumgartner, CEIE Advisory Council Member, Manager of Spiritual Care & Wellbeing, and the Joy in the Workplace Project at University of Washington Medical Center, speaks with Spehar-Halligan Professor and CEIE Director Dr. Michael Trice, about the book Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference by Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli. Baumgartner and Trice discuss compassion as more than empathy. Compassion is an art form, a practice, and leads to a longer and healthier life. It also helps with depression, anxiety and isolation.

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