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12-Minute Meditation: Directing Compassion Toward Ourselves
Vinny Ferraro guides a meditation to meet yourself and whatever you're holding in the moment with kindness and understanding.
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12 Minute Meditation: A Loving-Kindness Practice to Anchor in Compassion
Learning to love ourselves and others when our expectations aren’t being met is hard, but with practice we can open our hearts and learn to love what’s challenging.
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The Power of Humility: Breaking Confirmation Bias for Deeper Connection, Compassion, and Learning
Research shows that intellectual humility can offer far-reaching benefits for both individuals and our society as a whole. Leaders in mindfulness and research break down the science of overcoming confirmation bias and the self-work that can open us up to new perspectives, productive collaboration, and compassion.
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What Swimming Taught Me About Self-Compassion and Letting Go
Finding “easy speed” in the pool helped writer and meditation teacher Kelly Barron heal the wound of overachieving and stay loose in the face of resistance.
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Mental Health
How Self-Compassion Can Improve Teen Mental Health
Research has demonstrated that cultivating self-compassion—learning how to be kind and supportive to oneself—can act as a shield for teenagers against the negative impacts of social media, trauma, depression, and various other challenges. While self-compassion is not a magical solution, it can help alleviate some of the difficulties that adolescents encounter on a daily basis.
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Finding Compassion Behind Bars: A Transformative Encounter in Maximum Security
One young man's encounter with compassion and self-reflection behind bars leads to a journey of personal growth, healing, and an unexpected twist in the courtroom.
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Try a 5-Minute Self-Compassion Break
Explore this informal mindfulness practice to foster a sense of connection and belonging.
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Calm
A Compassion Practice for Opening the Heart
A 15-minute meditation that begins by imagining yourself surrounded by a circle of the most loving beings, making generous offerings of love and goodwill to you.
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Compassionate Boundaries: How to Say No with Heart
Explore five steps to creating compassionate boundaries—in a way that considers all parties with kindness.
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What’s New in Mindfulness: Indigenous Wellness, Quilts of Compassion, and More
Learn about a contemplative science site, a hotline to support those in mental health crisis, and more news from the world of mindfulness.
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