Expert Interviews
This Is What Fierce Self-Compassion Looks Like
Researcher and Fierce Self-Compassion author Kristin Neff on how to empower ourselves—and change the world—through caring authentically for ourselves. Read More 
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Loving-kindness and compassion practices train you to extend warmth and care - first to yourself, then to others. These meditations can shift how you relate to difficult emotions, tough relationships, and your own inner critic.
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
7 Ways to Say Yes to Yourself with Self-Compassion
Take inventory of different aspects of self-compassion and think about what you might need in the moment to care for yourself. Read More
Depression & Grief
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. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Include Yourself in Your Circle of Care
Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock reminds us that we all deserve to treat ourselves with kindness, even (especially) when it feels like we can’t. Read More
Guided Meditations
Guided Meditation: A Moment of Loving-Kindness
Jenée Johnson offers a three-minute practice for loving-kindness with a liberation bent. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Practice for Being with the Pain of Failure
Finding our way to true accountability requires a willingness to sit with the discomfort of having caused pain, allowing true compassion to arise. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Opening Our Hearts to the Natural World
Both loving-kindness practice and being in nature are ways for us to abide more naturally in a sense of open-hearted connection. Read More
Guided Meditations
A 15-Minute Meditation for Self-Acceptance
On some level, many of us are healing from perfectionism, but with mindfulness we can learn to embrace our flaws. Cheryl Jones, founder of The Mindful Path, shares a guided practice to be with ourselves as we are. Read More
Learn
How Self-Compassion Can Make Us More Resilient When We Make Mistakes
A recent study showed that we feel more self-compassion when we see that other people are imperfect, too. Read More
Learn
Here’s How You Can Make Compassion a Habit
Life can make it difficult to check in on those we love and care about. Follow this compassion practice to become more aware of opportunities to extend compassion to others. Read More
