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...
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...
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...
Oct 16, 2022 | Health, Self-Compassion
When Illness Becomes the Cure: A Personal Account of COVID-19...
May 18, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion
Though I run to get out of the rain, it’s standing in the rain with my hands on my heart that is cleansing. Though I run from the pain, it’s standing in the pain with my face to the sky that is healing. So I never stop peeling the hurt, never stop trusting life to...
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...