Compassion
Embracing Change: What Nanalan’ Teaches Us About Saying Goodbye
When Mona loses her red balloon, she also learns some mindful lessons for navigating the sadness that can come with farewells.
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difficult emotions
Anxiety
Please Die Soon: Finding Compassion for Unimaginable Thoughts
When someone you love is dying, there could be a secret moment, when things are really bad, when you hear yourself silently whisper the unimaginable thought: Please die soon. Say what??? It is with a brave heart, writes Elaine Smookler, that we look at this whole journey of death and make peace with the wild currents that threaten to pull us under.
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Compassion
Mad, Sad, or Glad? Nanalan’ and a Mindful Approach to Navigating Emotions
Learning to be aware of how we feel is key to emotional intelligence. In this episode of Nanalan’, Mona learns that emotions are a normal part of life, and how empathy and creativity can help us navigate difficult emotions.
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12 Minute Meditation
A 12-Minute Meditation for Sitting With Uncomfortable Feelings
In this guided meditation, Diana Hill invites us into a soothing space where we learn to embrace our uncomfortable feelings, both physical and emotional.
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12 Minute Meditation
A 12-Minute Meditation for Challenging Emotions
In this guided meditation, we use a technique based on Dan Siegel’s Name It to Tame It to be with challenging emotions in a way that’s accepting and self-compassionate.
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Anxiety
A 15-Minute Meditation for Patience and Resolve
Developing a sense of equanimity is difficult—even in the best of times. This guided meditation from Mark Bertin offers a quiet moment to be patient with ourselves as we navigate discomfort and uncertainty together.
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Grief & Loss
Living With Grief: What to Do When You’re Faced With the Impossible
Whether you like it or not, people and things you love will end. Here are some ways you can prepare for what you cannot bear.
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Calm
What to Do After an Angry Outburst
It’s hard to recover when we lose our temper. But it's possible. Learn what to do after an anger outburst so you can come back better.
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Anxiety
A Mindfulness Practice to Meet Tough Emotions with Curiosity
Curiosity is a helpful tool for engaging with our embodied experience, including emotions like sadness, anxiety, or any other unpleasant emotion. Explore this simple exercise to help you shift your attitude toward what you’re feeling.
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12 Minute Meditation
A Guided Meditation to Train Moment-to-Moment Awareness
When we train our awareness of what’s arising, both internally and externally, we increase our capacity to act with wisdom, no matter what life throws at us.
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