The author’s books have been translated into more than forty languages of the world. Dr. Armstrong is thoroughly familiar with all the major layers of human culture—from ancient Greek drama and the history of early religious traditions to the television industry of the twenty-first century.
This book is about the fact that compassion can be not only an abstract ideal but also a practical principle that you can practice day after day.
Dr. Armstrong uses as a template the well-known global system of the Twelve Steps (for freedom from addiction). These steps form a coherent program of rehabilitation and changing habitual patterns of behavior. The steps toward genuine compassion listed in this book have the same practical purpose.