#compassion

Take Your Body To Heart

It was a revelation of epic proportions when my first meditation instructor said to me, the body feels before you put words to it. I...

Reframing Writer’s Block

The last time I posted here, I said on Facebook that posting weekly was part of my self-compassion practice. Then I promptly skipped a...

They Thought There’d Be More Time

They knew death was coming. Eventually. Maybe even soon. But none of them knew Death well enough to know how soon, and so it took them by...

Kindness Practices To Get Things Done

I’ve struggled my entire adult life to Get Things Done. It’s not that I’m ever really idle, not really. Even when it looks like I’m doing...

Beyond the Bubble Bath

“To thine own self be kind.” I mean REALLY TRULY kind. I mean radical kindness, real, radical self-compassion. The kind of kindness that...

Don’t ask what you can do

Don’t ask what you can do. They can’t tell you, because they don’t know. Don’t say, if there’s anything you need, just let me know. They...