Compassion
How to Be Kind to Your Inner Critic
On World Kindness Day, remember to give yourself kindness, too. Here are three practices to connect with self-compassion and soothe your inner critic.
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Anxiety
3 Ways to Be Kind to Yourself When You’re Feeling Blue
Feeling unwell can be hard work sometimes—and that might be a sign that it’s time to stop trying so hard. Taking the mindful path means making room for suffering, too.
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Compassion
Why Self-Compassion is Essential to Healing
There’s nothing wrong with us when we feel strong emotions like irritability or anger, in fact, says Tara Brach, they are primitive forms of self-love.
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Calm
Turning Grief into Random Acts of Kindness
After the loss of their son Thomas, Kristin Fitzgerald-Zita and her partner asked friends and family to do something kind in his honor. Today, this call for kindness has spread all over the world and continues to write Thomas’ story.
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Compassion
The Power of One Act of Kindness
New research shows the ripple effect one act of kindness can have on an entire community.
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Compassion
How Do You Offer Yourself Kindness?
Genuine compassion for others begins with caring for ourselves. Here’s how Mindful readers are cultivating self-kindness.
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Anxiety
Calming a Rush of Reactivity with Compassion
During moments (or days) when everything seems impossibly complicated, we can still return to one place of simplicity: our innate capacity for presence and kindness.
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Calm
Kind Communication Is Easier Than You THINK
Chris Willard shares a few useful mnemonics that help us stay on course with speaking and communicating mindfully.
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