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Walking the Lonesome Valley: Allowing the U-Turn to Go Into Scary and Healing Inner Territory
“A ll pain deserves to be held in the warm embrace of compassion, so that healing can occur.” — Dr. Kristin Neff, renowned self-compassion researcher and practitioner In an earlier blog, I wrote about taking the U-turn — that sacred pause where we regain our center, get back to our "home," the seat of focus, attention, and intention (some call it our true Self or best self). The U-turn keeps us from spinning outward in blame or panic. But sometimes a pause, a breath or two,
Feb 67 min read


What Difference Could Self-Compassion Possibly Have Made for Mangione and Rupnow? How Could It Help Us?
“When we fully accept the reality that we are imperfect human beings, prone to make mistakes and struggle, our hearts naturally begin to...
Dec 19, 202410 min read


Turn Inner Chaos Into An (Advent) Adventure Toward Hope, Peace, Joy and Love, Using Self-Compassion
“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.” - Dr. Christopher...
Dec 9, 20248 min read


The Amen Effect And Beyond
There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion. Matthieu Ricard A couple of months...
Mar 19, 20246 min read
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