Destructive Emotions on Michael Krasny's Forum

I heard this interesting discussion a while back on the scientific research of meditation, mindfulness, and compassion on KQED's radio show, Forum. I'm posting it up for archiving sake. They interview the authors of the book "Destructive Emotions," which chronicles a unique collaboration between western scientists and Buddhist Monks. One of the author wrote the bestseller on Emotion Intelligence, and the other is a researcher in UCSF. And for anybody else interested in teaching, they talk about techniques akin to meditation that help teachers deal with kids. And one of the researchers talked about a broadbased movement, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) that teach kids empathy skills. link