So the key was stuck in my door today and I couldn’t leave my room. I’d wanted to go upstairs, on the terrace of the small hotel’s dining room, where I could sit and meditate while gazing at a luminous sky. Now I was stuck sitting at the little terrace Read more…
And what about our fear? Do what you can to dial it down. Seriously, you can fuel fear or starve it of fuel. The choice is yours. You’ll feel less emotional if you decide to read the news online or in a paper, rather than watching it on TV. Read more…
What’s self-compassion good for? It wasn’t the first time life had brought me to my knees. But it was the worst. After almost forty years of practicing meditation and compassion, I thought I should have been able to handle it, but there it was — everything fell apart, and I Read more…
Learn how to heal your heart, your patterns and your life I invite you to come home to yourself, to see and understand your struggles, with kindness, self-forgiveness and grace. In 2021, there are upcoming online and in-person retreats on “The Healing Power of Connection, Joy and Self-Compassion” I encourage Read more…
“Exceptional.” It was startling, and moving, and completely unexpected. On the very first evening of a 3-day seminar on Self-compassion in Ireland, participants were exceptionally honest and vulnerable as they shared their insights into how their lives would be different if they lived with self-compassion. I’ve never seen anything like Read more…
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Self-compassion is meeting your own suffering with kindness. It’s a heroic journey to free your heart.