A three-step contemplation to give yourself the compassion you need (and deserve).
Three Steps to Making Friends with Yourself
Making friends with yourself is the ground, path, and fruition of Buddhist meditation, says Judy Lief. It starts by dropping your mask and looking at the real you with honesty and love.
A Practice for Developing Kindness Toward Yourself
Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
Beginner’s Mind or Imposter Syndrome?
As a young, female Zen teacher, Gesshin Greenwood struggles to find the line between humility and self-criticism.
Restoring the Mind to Kindness
Sylvia Boorstein on how to rescue your mind when confusion overwhelms it into suffering.
Silencing the Inner Critic
The nagging, negative voice of self-judgement, says Christina Feldman, is a powerful affliction best met with courage, kindness, and understanding.
Finding Refuge in the Scary Places Inside Us
Ray Buckner shares how Buddhist practice can help us diminish fear by facing it directly with honesty, clarity, and compassion.
Trust in Your Goodness
Instead of trying to promote or defend ourselves, we can base our lives on something more powerful and trustworthy—our basic goodness.
Getting to Know Your Inner Critic
Jan Chozen Bays explains how to recognize and tame the critical commentary we replay in our minds.
Even a Broken Heart is Fundamentally Good
Buddhist practitioner Ray Buckner on the struggles of letting go after a relationship ends, and how being on the dharma path can help.