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A 12-Minute Meditation for Expanding Our Hearts
Sustainable self-care requires us to build community. Just as we offer support to others, we can be open to accepting it for ourselves.
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Self-Compassion
Calm
Get Real About Self-Care
Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock gets real about the challenges—and importance—of making space to give yourself what you need.
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Calm
Do You Know How You Can Change the World?
Mindful columnist Elaine Smookler reminds us that there are countless ways to bring joy, health, and healing to our planet. You might be the agent of change we’ve been waiting for.
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Calm
This Is What Fierce Self-Compassion Looks Like
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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Anxiety
7 Ways to Say Yes to Yourself with Self-Compassion
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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Compassion
Why Self-Compassion is Essential to Healing
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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Anxiety
Include Yourself in Your Circle of Care
Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock reminds us that we all deserve to treat ourselves with kindness, even (especially) when it feels like we can’t.
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Calm
How Self-Compassion Can Make Us More Resilient When We Make Mistakes
A recent study showed that we feel more self-compassion when we see that other people are imperfect, too.
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Anxiety
Responding to the Mental Health Crisis in Healthcare
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in support of frontline healthcare workers, we’re highlighting the struggle that so many are facing.
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Compassion
6 Ways to Build a Culture of Compassion
Scott Shute, the former head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, shares a few simple gestures that can help foster compassion in our workplaces, families, and communities.
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