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Build Compassion
Compassion is the intention to be helpful rather than critical, and it is the second step for a reason. Awareness without kindness just hands the inner critic better material. These practices build compassion toward yourself first, which is what makes it possible to look honestly at what you find.
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Compassion Breathing Meditation – 15 Minutes
Looking honestly at what we believe can be uncomfortable. Self-compassion lets us see our struggles as part of being human, so we can be…
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Expanding A Positive Mindset Meditation – 15 Minutes
A practice in seeing ourselves as a positive influence in the world. You breathe in the good around you and amplify it as you…
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Releasing Perfectionism – 15 Minutes
A mantra practice for loosening the harsh judgements we hold about ourselves. Excellence is worth pursuing. Perfection was never on offer.
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Loving Kindness #2 Meditation – 15 Minutes
A variation on the traditional loving kindness practice, opening up and sending good wishes to ourselves and then out to the people around us.
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Loving Kindness Meditation – 15 Minutes
The traditional practice. We open up and send good wishes to ourselves first, and then outward to others, because the second becomes much easier…
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Just Like Me Meditation – 15 Minutes
We tend to notice what separates us from other people rather than what we share. This practice turns that around, and it changes how…
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Self-Compassion Meditation – 15 Minutes
Self-compassion lets us look at our experiences, ourselves, and other people with more kindness and curiosity. That is what makes honest self-examination bearable.
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Emotions Meditation – 15 Minutes
A practice in noticing our emotions as they arrive, and recognizing them as information about where we stand rather than problems to be solved.