Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
Meditation: Be Kind to Yourself
A three-step contemplation to give yourself the compassion you need (and deserve).
4 Ways to Heal Yourself with Love
Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity—these four loving qualities, says Pawan Bareja, are powerful ways to heal our trauma. The work of healing trauma makes us tender and vulnerable as we touch our history of wounds, sometimes from childhood and sometimes from our ancestors. But those who do Buddhist practice come from a tradition that does […]
Loving-Kindness: Healing Your Inner Child
Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward on how to give yourself the love and compassion you deserve. And send some of that love to the wounded child inside you. They need it.
Too Much Criticism
Someone in your life who’s too critical can undermine your self-worth. Psychologist Lynn Monteiro suggests four ways to take care of yourself.
Resilience: Self-Care for Tough Times
Shauna Shapiro explains how to face difficult emotions, re-center, and find calm.
What to Do When Aggression Masquerades as Compassion
Rashid Hughes shares how mindfulness helps us discern if our compassion is actually aggression.
How to Practice Sympathetic Joy
Christiane Wolf on how to multiply the joy in your life with mudita — delight in the happiness of others.
How Self-Compassion Can Help Us Survive the Holidays
If you’re spending the holidays with family this year, Jeremy Mohler has some advice for staying present when old wounds pop up.
Alone Together
How do we take the sting out of loneliness? Toni Bernhard suggests friendliness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity.