Joan Halifax is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of human rights, gender studies, trauma recovery, and the global justice movement. She is most widely known for her work as a speaker, activist, and author. She has been a keynote speaker at Harvard University, the United Nations, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other major venues. She has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy Magazine, Politico Magazine, and many other publications
Joan has also appeared on numerous radio shows including NPR’s All Things Considered.
This stuff of a past not worthily lived is also medicine.Joan Halifax
We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.Joan Halifax
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.Joan Halifax
