Self-Care Is an Act of Resistance
Grass-roots meditation activist Shelly Tygielski offers 3 ways to practice self-care so we can recharge, refresh, and rewire for action. Read More
Articles by Shelly Tygielski
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Why You Need a Self-Care Plan
Shelly Tygielski offers a three-step exercise to help you get started with your own self-care plan—no bubble bath required. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Power of Sustainable Self-Care
Shelly Tygielski explores how consistently showing up for yourself first lays the foundation for our life’s purpose—showing up for others—and how to create your own self-care practice. Read More
Gratitude
A 12-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Embodied Gratitude
This practice infuses the body with a sense of gratitude, which can then overflow as appreciation for the people in our lives. Read More
Guided Meditations
A 12-Minute Meditation for Expanding Our Hearts
Sustainable self-care requires us to build community. Just as we offer support to others, we can be open to accepting it for ourselves. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Rethinking Our Self-Care During the Pandemic
Shelly Tygielski, who has connected 10,000 families (and counting) to support each other during the pandemic, explains why intentional care for yourself is also needed, now more than ever. Read More
Magazine
Five Ways to Cultivate Courage
Courage does not always mean the absence of fear. Sometimes, it means being scared, worried, unsure—and yet still finding a way to do what you need to do. Read More
Digital Guides
Mindful Self-Care with Shelly Tygielski
In this 8-part series, you'll learn to nourish the core of your being in a way that will help you weather uncertainty, communicate and listen with compassion, and help you work together towards a better, shared future for us all. Self-care is not frivolous; self-care is a radical act of love. Read More
Magazine
Transforming Self-Care into a Passionate Movement
Five steps we need to take in order to build a self-care movement that can bring positive change to our collective struggle. Read More
Depression & Grief
Self-Care for Difficult Times
How to navigate your way around a black hole of hopelessness—Hint: you have to stare down the despair. Read More
