Understanding Compassion with Martina Faulkner

Understanding Compassion with Martina Faulkner

From The Optimized Mind by Dr. Kate Lund

September 30, 2025 · 36 min · Episode 157

About this episode

Dr. Kate Lund discusses the concept of compassion with guest Martina Faulkner, exploring its significance in the human experience.

In this episode of The Optimized Mind, Dr. Kate is joined by Martina Faulker, a cross-genre author whose work focuses primarily on what it means to be human. The discussion focuses on compassion – what it means, how we access it, and why it’s so fundamental to our human experience. Martina E. Faulkner is a cross-genre author whose work focuses primarily on exploring what it means to be human—both the unique and the universal. She holds a trifecta in the mental health/healing world as a therapist, certified life coach, and Reiki Master Teacher. This distinctive background allows her to draw on her professional and personal experience in her writing, whether fiction, nonfiction, children’s, or poetry. A self-proclaimed Anglophile, Martina drinks tea daily, loves walks in nature, and enjoys looking at beautiful images from the British Isles while dreaming up her next book. You can read her regular column (‘Unique and Universal’) on Substack, follow her on Instagram and Facebook (@martinaefaulkner), or visit martinaefaulkner.com to learn more. To Learn More, visit: www.katelundspeaks.com Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters: https://missionmatters.com/author/kate-lund

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kate Lund

Guest: Martina Faulkner

Topics covered

  • compassion
  • human experience
  • mental health
  • writing
  • personal development

Keywords

  • compassion
  • human experience
  • mental health
  • life coach
  • Reiki Master

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