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In this video David Machles talks about how he’s been using the 16 Guidelines to work with prisons. David...
It's always a pleasure to hear from past students and supporters about how compassion is being shared with the...
Our new FREE guide Conversations that Matter is designed to spark discussions on what really matters....
Nicole Zito shares her experience of using the Conversations That Matter to have conversations about compassion and wisdom, at...
Annette French from Buddha House in Adelaide shares her experience of leading a weekly group inspired by the 16...
At FDCW we believe that by encouraging people to develop their compassion and wisdom we will create a kinder,...
FDCW hosted its third annual conference in November this year celebrating Big Love. After a successful series of six...
Compassion is a word that is in everyday use in the English language, but what does it mean? How...
Raquel Mason, the Director of Akshay School in Bodhgaya (India), has been incorporating the 16 Guidelines into the school’s...
The pursuit of happiness is an eternal human instinct. We are very familiar with short-term fixes that seem to...
Young children learn many things in elementary school: mathematics, reading, physical exercise, and so on. But what about emotional...
Ofir Levit is a 16 Guidelines facilitator who founded “The Jaffa Balcony" in Israel - a place where women...
Following a 16 Guidelines course for Children & Teens in 2008, Laura and Maricruz felt inspired to build a...
(Versión original en español) Martha Cabral lives in Mexico and has been a 16 Guidelines facilitator for more than...
FDCW facilitator Margarita Kozhevnikova wrote to us in March saying that she had been approached by a psychotherapist working...
Executive Director Victoria Coleman shares FDCW’s annual review 2021.
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Today we share an activity that encourages children to be curious about how gratitude shows up in their life...
In the fourth part of our series 16Growing up! children become heroes and we contemplate the importance and value...
The first two activities in our series used the environment and hands to support the development of...
Welcome to part 2 of “16Growing up!”, our summer special of activities for children based on the 16 Guidelines...
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Building Inner Strength: Core Values for a Happy Life
