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What Mindful Readers Think About Compassion

We asked Mindful readers what compassion means to them and how it shows up in everyday life. Here are their responses.

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How do you practice self-compassion?

Journaling, which I curiously resisted for years but ultimately found to be genuinely helpful and often revealing. Keep learning, keep growing.
@reticent.grace

Slowing down, stepping away, and taking some deep slow breaths when I feel stressed or overwhelmed. Never fails to regulate my nervous system. 💕💕
@womenandbalance

Learning to say “no.” If it’s going to stress me out, affect my health, mess with my calm, I have learned it’s ok to say “no,” and if people can’t understand that, then I probably don’t need them in my life. 🙂
Sharon P.

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