What my days look like right now
I just took SG to school and now I’m home, tossing my sheets into the wash as I jump into the shower. I have to be…
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Mindfulness
Concluding Self-compassion September
You cannot transform yourself, and you certainly cannot transform your partner or anybody else. All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen,…
Self-compassion September: bringing it all together
Let’s say you are driving to the airport for a very important international trip and you come upon a great deal of unanticipated traffic. You realize…
Self-compassion September: meet suffering with kindness
“We don’t have to wait until we are perfect, until life goes exactly as we want it to. We don’t need others to respond with care…
Self-compassion September: we can’t heal what we don’t feel
How we relate to everyday discomfort can change everything. The alternative to this fight is to begin a new way of relating to yourself. It involves…
Self-compassion September: how to be imperfect
We followed the Olympics religiously last month, watching strength, agility, and true greatness play out on our tv screen over and over again. I admire such…