Compassion

Dive into the world of compassion through mindful practices, articles, and advice. Learn to empathize better and spread kindness in your community.

How I Found My Way to Gratitude
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How I Found My Way to Gratitude 

Whether you think of it as the “greatest virtue,” as Cicero did, or “social glue,” as researchers do, gratitude has the power to change your life, if you let it. Kelly Barron shares how she learned to let gratitude change her. Read More 

  • Kelly Barron
  • November 21, 2021
How to be More Aware of Emotional Bypassing—Illustration of a Black woman wearing a red shirt with her eyes closed and thunder clouds surrounding her head.
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How to be More Aware of Emotional Bypassing 

It makes sense that we want to distance ourselves from pain, but true wellness means learning to sit with our shadows as well as the light so we can be truly present and embrace the fullness of being human. Read More 

  • Kaylee Friedman
  • November 20, 2021
6 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
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6 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work 

Gratitude has the ability to bring out the full potential in ourselves and those around us. Jen Fisher shares six tips for showing up to work—gratitude in hand. Read More 

  • Jen Fisher
  • November 17, 2021
Gentle Men: The Healing Power of Vulnerability—Three men sit outdoors and look at each other smiling.
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Gentle Men: The Healing Power of Vulnerability 

The old-fashioned view of what it means to “be a man” is limiting and even harmful. With mindfulness, men can show up as their full selves—for themselves, their relationships, and their communities. Read More 

  • Chris Peraro
  • November 14, 2021
How to Be Kind to Your Inner Critic
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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. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 13, 2021
How Stories Shape Us with Barry Boyce
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How Stories Shape Us with Barry Boyce 

Managing editor Stephanie Domet is joined by founding editor Barry Boyce for a personal conversation about stories and storytelling—a topic that has always been a pillar in both of their careers. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 11, 2021
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help—Painting of two hands painted in many colors coming together from left and right with their fingers interlocking in the middle over a red background.
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We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help. 

By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias. Read More 

  • Wendy Hasenkamp
  • November 4, 2021
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