Create a more compassionate relationship with yourself
Softening perfectionism is a theme that runs through all our classes. It's a common coping strategy - especially for those of us who are highly conscientious, heart centered and sensitive. (It's a strategy I personally know very … [Read more]
Here we find ourselves on the first day of a new year, and all that newness brings with her. For me, the new year often brings to mind this beloved poem by Lucille Clifton, one I first read in an Oprah magazine and kept tucked in my journal: i … [Read more]
Today I'm driving to Houston with my eldest son to help him get his next pair of ice skates for his joy and passion - figure skating. Competitive figure skating is a whole new world to me, and learning about this world - like the fact that you may … [Read more]
This is a picture of a tree that I came across on a hike in the Georgia woods earlier this spring. Rather than growing upwards, towards the sun, it grew across the forest, horizontally, bending itself across a hiking path to reach more sunshine. … [Read more]
Friends, I just finished teaching a class on using compassion to eat less sugar, and it was so moving! One of the themes that came up for many people was softening patterns of overdoing, and creating more spaces of rest and ease. Without … [Read more]
This week I received a question about self compassion - in particular, about how we can be kind to ourselves when succeeding at something really matters and we aren't able to meet our own expectations. It's a great question! I've received … [Read more]