Compassion
The Space to Feel
Letting ourselves be present with our full spectrum of emotions as we do in meditation can help us understand that this inner state of allowing is always within us.
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difficult emotions
Compassion
Why You Should Invite Your Inner Demons to Tea
When it feels like a storm is brewing inside you—a potent mix of anxiety, jealousy, anger, and other difficult emotions—you might be inclined to turn away. But that rarely makes them dissipate, so you might as well invite them in and get to know them better.
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Calm
Befriend Painful Emotions with the Handshake Practice
Science supports this four-step process for turning toward difficult emotions with acceptance.
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Anxiety
A Mindfulness Practice to Help Navigate Tough Moments
Powerful emotions are rooted in our body, in our physiology. Here’s a tool to help to discern what you need in difficult moments.
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Mindfulness Research
Does Mindfulness Decrease Feelings of Guilt?
How your practice could impact making amends, a review of mindfulness-based interventions, and other new mindfulness research.
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Compassion
A Hospice Chaplain Shares The Secret to Contentment
Death doula and hospice chaplain Meredith Parfet reflects on what she and like-minded experts have learned from their work with the dying.
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Anxiety
A Mindful Inquiry: Calming the Rush of Panic
Explore how meditation can help you investigate emotions and feelings that come up with panic—with a curiosity to see what’s actually there.
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Audio
A Guided Meditation for Navigating Difficult Emotions
From self-blame to fear, it’s easy to get tangled up with sticky emotions. Sharon Salzberg helps us create space around our emotions by tuning in to our breath.
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Compassion
How to Find Common Ground—in Spite of Differing Views
What do you do when people have the audacity to think differently than you do? Here’s how you can stay open and curious in moments of disagreement, instead of getting stuck in defensiveness.
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Anxiety
Avoiding a Difficult Conversation? Start with Self-Compassion
Dreading the thought of a tense conversation? Here’s why you’re not alone, and how you can bring the wisdom of self-compassion to bear on those discussions you don’t really want to have.
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