Shame

Shame

Dec 11, 2023 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion

Just mentioning the word ‘shame’ can often cause us to hold our breath. We all know it. That grip in the gut and sick feeling inside. Isolating. Sometimes immobilizing. It can help to remember that shame is a universal emotion.  It evolved to help us stay...
Sometimes by David Whyte

Sometimes by David Whyte

Oct 18, 2020 | Blog, Inspiration, Poetry

This poem by David Whyte is an invitation to reflect into the place which troubles you with “tiny but frightening requests”.  Often these are parts of ourselves we would rather not feel, see or experience.  What are those places? What does it feel like to...
Kindness

Kindness

Oct 18, 2020 | Blog, Self-Compassion

Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be...