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
Where To Start When There Is So Much Suffering 

When everything feels like it’s in total chaos, it can be difficult to know where to even begin addressing the overwhelm. Wendy O’Leary offers tender and practical wisdom for facing personal and collective suffering, starting with self-compassion. Read More 

  • Wendy O’Leary
  • October 31, 2025
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How I Stopped Terrorizing Myself 

Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet explores how choosing self-compassion in the face of things that go bump in the night, made for kinder days and easier nights. Read More 

  • Stephanie Domet
  • October 28, 2025
12MM Kimberly Brown A Meditation for When You Need a Break
Guided Meditations
A Meditation for When You Need a Break 

Mindfulness teacher and author Kimberly Brown offers a relaxing practice for whenever you need a break. Take this moment to pause and reconnect with yourself. Read More 

  • Kimberly Brown
  • July 9, 2025
12MM Kimberly Brown A Meditation to Breathe Out Love
Guided Meditations
A Meditation to Breathe Out Love 

In this week’s practice, meditation teacher Kimberly Brown offers a gentle loving-kindness meditation to allow difficulty and offer love. Read More 

  • Kimberly Brown
  • June 10, 2025
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