That line, I don’t have to believe everything I think, jumped out at me from Elisha Goldstein’s 2010 post on PsychCentral’s Mindfulness & Psychotherapy blog, and it still holds true. Goldstein writes about a correspondent who, in the past, used […]
For perfectionistic people it can really help to take the phrase ‘nobody’s perfect’ to heart.
Know your purpose, know your feelings, do what needs to be done. An anti-anxiety therapy In that formula, a Japanese psychiatrist, Dr. Shoma Morita, summed up his anti-anxiety therapy a century ago. It’s a very simple formula, but many people […]
Sometimes when we get caught up in thoughts, we can actually fail to see our choices. Around in circles That’s because we go around and around in circles, ruminating, often on things that are negative or scary. It then becomes […]
We all have flaws and despite our efforts to get rid of them we usually go on having flaws. They’re not always the same flaws though often they are. Credit for what worked But we’ve also had successes in our […]
Burnout is usually associated with work. When you arrive at burnout you no longer derive pleasure from your work, you can become rather cynical about its value, and about the workplace and what you see as the lack of support. […]
Imagine a new romantic interest invites you to his home for dinner. You get all dressed up and over you go. Maybe you buy something for dessert to show your appreciation. When you arrive he pulls out a chair and […]
When I began to write and think about self-compassion in 2015, the concept generated less interest than it does today. Self-compassion as a practice was becoming part of the mindfulness movement but outside that arena not much was heard about […]
Self-compassion is becoming a key aspect of mindfulness in the West. It is also, in my opinion, one of the greatest gifts you could give yourself. What is it? It involves: deliberately treating yourself, with your mixture of faults and […]
The practice of mindfulness tends to increase our level of compassion. But we still fall into the trap of being compassionate towards others while being unfairly harsh on ourselves. We can greatly improve our experience of life through the practice […]
