When your child is having a hard time, it can be isolating, confusing, even exhausting. One way to help both parent and child is by practicing self-kindness and grounding in the knowledge that you’re not alone.
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With mindfulness practice, we can learn how to unhook from rumination and increase clarity and ease of being by cutting ourselves (and our kids) some slack.
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Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion.
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Sara Lomax-Reese is trailblazing with innovative ways for people of color to express themselves and be heard.
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In this guided meditation from Tara Brach, we investigate a relationship where there is tension or conflict. With compassion for ourselves and for the other person, we can go beyond the difficulty and find healing.
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Dr. Stacee Reicherzer, counselor and author of The Healing Otherness Handbook, is working to help people who are marginalized in society heal.
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Researcher and Fierce Self-Compassion author Kristin Neff on how to empower ourselves—and change the world—through caring authentically for ourselves.
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Take inventory of different aspects of self-compassion and think about what you might need in the moment to care for yourself.
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There’s nothing wrong with us when we feel strong emotions like irritability or anger, in fact, says Tara Brach, they are primitive forms of self-love.
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A recent study showed that we feel more self-compassion when we see that other people are imperfect, too.
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