How To Open Your Own Heart

How To Open Your Own Heart

Feb 14, 2023 | Self-Compassion

by Jeff Foster Do not try to open your heart now. That would be a subtle movement of aggression towards your immediate embodied experience. Never tell a closed heart it must be more open; it will shut more tightly to protect itself, feeling your resistance. A heart...
Journaling Practice

Journaling Practice

Jan 17, 2023 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion

A regular journaling practice can be a key support to your growing personal awareness and growth.   There are a variety of formats and mediums that you can choose from. Which is best?  Ultimately, the best format for you is the one you’ll enjoy doing.  Here is a list...
How To Open Your Own Heart

Core Values

Nov 7, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion

“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the things I want to live for” Thomas...
Protective Self-Compassion Break

Protective Self-Compassion Break

Sep 20, 2021 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion

Sometimes the most compassionate thing we can do for ourselves is soften our hearts and treat ourselves with the same tender care we would offer to a friend who was suffering.  At other times, self-compassion may require us to be fierce or protective.  This practice...