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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Being a Kind Boss Pays Off

Emma Seppälä looks at the hard data on being a nice boss. Read More

Emma Seppälä
July 13, 2015

Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Learn to Forgive Others No Matter What

Elisha Goldstein on why grudges keep us stuck and a mindfulness practice for embracing others when they've hurt us. Read More

Elisha Goldstein
July 5, 2015

Loving-Kindness & Compassion

How to Practice Forgiving Yourself

Elisha Goldstein shares a practice to help us stop blaming and forgive ourselves. Read More

Elisha Goldstein
June 19, 2015

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How Compassion Meditation Reduces Mind Wandering

A new study from Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) demonstrates how compassion meditation may reduce mind wandering and increase caring behaviour. Read More

Mindful Staff
April 23, 2015

Loving-Kindness & Compassion

The Powerful (Happiness) Side Effects of Self-Compassion

When life provides us with challenges, it’s our impulse to try and move away from them, Elisha Goldstein writes. Instead, we need to go through them. Read More

Elisha Goldstein
April 2, 2015

Depression & Grief

One Mindfulness Practice You Can Try Today: Let It Go!

Past hurts and emotional triggers have a way of keeping us stuck in our tracks. Practicing letting it all go helps us move forward. Read More

Ed Halliwell
February 18, 2015

Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Compassion: Brain Food for Happiness

Our brain is equipped to uncover happiness, says Elisha Goldstein. One way we can do that is to tap into a deeper source of meaning and purpose: connection with others. Read More