A recording of the live book club event hosted by Chris Winson with Dr James Kirby, author of "Choose Compassion".

James is a clinical psychologist, researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Queensland, as well as the co-director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group. He co-edited with Professor Paul Gilbert the book "Making an impact on mental health: the applications of psychological research" and regularly presents and talks about research on compassion at conferences and in the media.

James was the cohost of the Alphabet of the Heart podcast with Dr James Doty and is the cohost of the Compassion Initiative podcast with Dr Stan Steindl. "Choose Compassion" is James' first book and provides an overview of research relating to how compassion can help us both individually and collectively with the big challenges facing the world.

Hope you enjoy the book club discussion with James and find his insight helpful and informative.

Chris

More details of the #365DaysOfCompassion hashtag and its compassionate community can be found on the Facebook group, where details of the book club are posted alongside daily posts relating to compassion and mental wellbeing. The weekly #365DaysOfCompassion Review is posted on Flipboard bringing together all the research, articles videos and quotes that have been posted that week under the hashtag.