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How to Grow from Your Regrets
According to a new study, self-compassion may help us benefit from regret rather than wallowing in it.
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Why Self-Compassion is the New Mindfulness
When we have trouble being vulnerable, "self-compassion" can seem like "self-indulgence." But fessing up to when we fall short can bring out our best, happiest, selves.
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How Mindfulness Can Help Us Forgive Betrayal
According to a new study, mindful people are more likely to overcome the emotional turmoil and pain of infidelity.
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How to Avoid the Trap of Self-Improvement
Recognize the inner critic who wants nothing to do with compassion.
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Don’t Fall into the Self-Esteem Trap: Try a Little Self-Kindness
Striving for self-esteem is about trying hard to feel special, above average. It’s absurd. We don’t need to feel extra-special or over the top. We need to touch who we really are in any given moment.
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Taste a Little Self-Compassion
A recent study shows how self-compassion reduced bingeing and eating concerns—plus a mindfulness practice to build self-compassion every day.
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5 Steps to Boost Your Confidence
A mindfulness practice to bring out confidence and ease.
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Is Meditation Self-help?
"Self-help" can easily take us into a spiral of self-defeat. Meditation unravels that entire approach—to our great relief.
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Mindfulness Gets a Hobby
The next generation of mindfulness courses go beyond the meditation cushion, mixing play and mindfulness instruction.
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How to Mindfully Deal with Jerks
Give this loving-kindness practice a shot when dealing with difficult people and see what you notice.
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