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A Loving-Kindness Practice to Foster Acceptance
We spend a lot of our time and energy wishing our lives were different or "better." Loving-kindness helps us accept ourselves exactly as we are. Read More 
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Sharon has been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding retreats worldwide since 1974. She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and the author of many books including Real Happiness, Lovingkindness, and Real Change.
Compassion
Sharon Salzberg: Connect with Kindness
Feeling disconnected? Try this loving-kindness practice. Read More
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Loving People As They Are
Through paying attention we learn that we are in a vibrant, enriching relationship with everyone around us, says Sharon Salzberg, even strangers. Read More
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Feeling Lonely? Embrace Compassion
In a world driven by competition and comparison, Sharon Salzberg contends shifting our definition of love might be the key to reconnecting to what matters most. Read More
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Meditation Is About Recovering and Starting Again
Sharon Salzberg explains how she discovered the most important part of meditation practice. Read More
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Connect to Your Anger Without Losing Control
Anger has a lot of energy, but what you use it for is up to you. Sharon Salzberg provides two practices to reflect on anger and transform it into self-compassion. Read More
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From Anger to Love: The Art of Self-Intervention
A practice to help you stop resisting your anger and relate to it with awareness, so you can free yourself from anger’s strangle-hold. Read More
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The Key to a Mindful Work Life
This expert Q&A with Sharon Salzberg, Janice Marturano, and Barry Boyce explores the role mindfulness plays in taking leadership, measuring success, and preventing burnout. Read More
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The Key to Raising Resilient Children
Teaching children how to bounce back from adversity starts with modeling our own mistakes and how we forgive ourselves for them. This expert Q&A with Sharon Salzberg, Dr. Chris Willard, and Dr. Mark Bertin explores what it means to go through the muck instead of around. Read More
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Practice Self-Compassion with Forgiveness
We cannot force ourselves to move on from a painful situation — expecting forgiveness to be quick and voluntary can have negative effects. Explore this mindfulness practice for creating space for ourselves to forgive. Read More
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