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Well-Being

Why We Need to Practice Self-Compassion

This five-minute video offers an easy self-compassion practice for moments when we’re feeling critical of ourselves. Read More

Mindful Staff

COVID Resources

7 Ways to Ease Your Anxious Mind

Elisha Goldstein

Daily Practices

Take a 3-Day Mindfulness Journey: 6 Practices for Spring

Barry Boyce, Sharon Salzberg, and Mark Bertin

Audio

Tame Feelings of Shame with this 10-Minute Practice

Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Try this 10-minute mindfulness practice from Patricia Rockman, MD. Read More

Patricia Rockman
November 28, 2019

Audio

A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic

An in-the-moment exercise for confronting the nagging voice in your head. Read More

Mark Bertin
August 21, 2019

Audio

A Meditation on Your Self-Critical Voice

A guided meditation to get familiar with self-judgements and how we relate to our flaws, so that you can cultivate compassion and recognize your own worthiness. Read More

Diana Winston
November 6, 2018

Health

Breaking the “Should” Habit Around Eating

Mindful eating is about more than simply enjoying your meal. Here's how to recognize your inner critic and make nonjudgmental food choices. Read More

Megrette Fletcher
September 25, 2018

Well-Being

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

This brief animation from Ted-Ed connects self-doubt with high performance and explains three ways you can combat it. Read More

Nicole Bayes-Fleming
August 31, 2018

Kids

How to Teach Your Kids about Their Inner Critic

Kids need ease and fun when it comes to difficult tasks like challenging negative self-talk, says Dr. Hazel Harrison. She introduces “The Critical Critter” for exploring self-critical thoughts with your child. Read More

Hazel Harrison
August 8, 2018

Guided Meditation

How to Recognize Your Inner Critic

There's a tiny voice in the back of our minds that plays off our greatest anxieties, giving its dialogue an addictive quality. Here is a guided meditation to help loosen the grip of problematic thought loops that keep us mired in self-criticism. Read More

Sharon Salzberg
May 3, 2018

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Why We Need to Practice Self-Compassion

7 Ways to Ease Your Anxious Mind

Take a 3-Day Mindfulness Journey: 6 Practices for Spring

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Tame Feelings of Shame with this 10-Minute Practice

A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic

A Meditation on Your Self-Critical Voice

Breaking the “Should” Habit Around Eating

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

How to Teach Your Kids about Their Inner Critic

How to Recognize Your Inner Critic

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