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.
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Expert Interviews
6 Ways to Build a Culture of Compassion 

Scott Shute, the former head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, shares a few simple gestures that can help foster compassion in our workplaces, families, and communities. Read More 

  • Scott Shute
  • May 12, 2021
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Guided Meditations
3 Guided Meditations to Deepen Into Loving-Kindness 

Loving-kindness meditation can help us to awaken to how connected we all are. You don’t have to like everybody, or agree with everything they do—but you can open up to the possibility of caring for them. Read More 

  • Oyinda Lagunju
  • April 30, 2021
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Depression & Grief
Turning Grief into Random Acts of Kindness 

After the loss of their son Thomas, Kristin Fitzgerald-Zita and her partner asked friends and family to do something kind in his honor. Today, this call for kindness has spread all over the world and continues to write Thomas’ story. Read More 

  • Kristin Fitzgerald-Zita
  • March 9, 2021
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How We Can All Thrive in an Interconnected World 

For one to flourish, we must all flourish. Shalini Bahl-Milne deeply explores interconnectedness, and shares practices to help us work together for a kinder, more sustainable world. Read More 

  • Shalini Bahl
  • February 24, 2021
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