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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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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How to Choose Self-Compassion 

When we listen to the nagging, negative voice inside our heads, we push ourselves too hard—and we push ourselves away, too. When you learn to love yourself, your relationships will improve for the better.  Read More 

  • Carley Hauck
  • February 8, 2016
Eating & Body Image
Taste a Little Self-Compassion 

A recent study shows how self-compassion reduced bingeing and eating concerns—plus a mindfulness practice to build self-compassion every day.  Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • January 19, 2016
Getting Started
Is Meditation Self-help? 

"Self-help" can easily take us into a spiral of self-defeat. Meditation unravels that entire approach—to our great relief. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 29, 2015
Digital Guides
Mindfulness Gets a Hobby 

The next generation of mindfulness courses go beyond the meditation cushion, mixing play and mindfulness instruction. Read More 

  • Stephany Tlalka
  • December 23, 2015
a meditation on violence
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Meditation on Violence 

In the aftermath of so many mass shootings, there are practical political and social things we can do. But what do we do with what's going on in our hearts? Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 3, 2015
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