When it comes to healing…
...let’s remember that when it comes to healing, our symptoms and negative behaviors don’t want to...
Making Compassion a Verb and a Movement
COMPASSION IT is a nonprofit organization and social movement that inspires compassionate actions...
Trauma and Digestion
Stress and trauma shut down the digestive system so we can deal with what we need to deal with to...
The Slow Down Diet
We can eat the healthiest foods in the perfect amount, but if consumed in a state of anxious...
Self-Compassion is Good For Our Health
Self-compassion promotes health-related behaviors. Research suggests that self-compassion is an...
Empathic Resonance: Talking Twin Babies
Compassion Heals All of Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQijrruP9c4
With That Moon Language
Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me." Of course you do not do this out...
Loving Our Broken Bits: Japanese Bowls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOAzobTIGr8
Compassion Inspired Health
COMPASSION INSPIRED HEALTH common humanity| mindfulness/ self-kindness OUR COMMON HUMANITY at some...
Second Sight by David Whyte
Sometimes, you need the ocean light, and colors you've never seen before painted through an...
The Journey by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting...
Kindness
by Naomi Shihab Nye (written after she took a journey to Mexico) Before you know what kindness...
The Velveteen Rabbit
A beautiful story about loving kindness.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m054tLKvs
Optimism is Good for Your Brain
Focusing on positive experiences comes naturally for some. For the rest of us it is good to know...
Affectionate Breathing
Affectionate Breathing is a core meditation practice in cultivating mindful self-compassion.
Default Mode Network
Some people say that that they can't meditate because their mind wanders too much. But this is...
Change Your Thoughts and Change Your World
Moments
Awareness
Awareness by John Astin her gaze is so constant, our every move watched with such affection, a...
Unconditional by Jennifer Welwood
A lovely poem about mindfulness and overcoming resistance.... Willing to experience aloneness, I...
Backdraft
When we start practicing more self kindness and self compassion, we may be surprised to experience...
Just for Me
What if a poem were just for me? What if I were audience enough because I am, Because this person...
Read more“If your compassion does not include yourself,
it is incomplete.”~Jack Kornfield
Today's Dose of Inspiration
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." ~Jack Kornfield
What is Self-Compassion?
Simple treating yourself with the same kindness, love and care as you would treat a friend who was...
Closing the Gap between Should and Want
Unfortunately, many, many people feel anxious about their eating. There seems to be a huge gap...
Caring for Your Soul
"You have the need and the right to spend part of your life caring for your soul. It is not easy....
Green Power Bowl Spring Soup
This soup has become a basic for me. I prefer to roast the onions, leeks,garlic, asparagus and...
Darling, I care about your suffering…
"Darling, I know you suffer. That is why I am here for you." This mantra is offered to us by...
Body Compassion: Using Your Breath to Change Body Image
You can always use your breathe to settle your mind and gently change your relationship to food...