By Justine Willis Toms — 2020
Mark Nepo in discussion on the challenges of negotiating the often-confounding experience of being human in these postmodern times.
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Hiding your feelings can be freeing. But eventually you have to take off the mask.
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We can temporarily push our ego away or try to rearrange our personality to be happier, freer, or more realized. But ego comes back. And that’s where Diamond Approach inquiry comes in. We all have awareness and inquiry helps us harness awareness to dissolve ego instead of pushing it away.
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Emotion coaching is the practice of talking with children about their feelings, and offering kids strategies for coping with emotionally difficult situations. The goal is to empathize, reassure, and teach. Does it make a difference? Yes.
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
The idea of speaking your truth can be like venturing into a world where desires and dreams that give meaning to one’s own heartbeat instantaneously become a target for ridicule, derision, and shaming if exposed to the light of day, especially if the personal truths one espouses fall outside...
Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
Simply put: compassion is lovingkindness in action.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
The black box is awkward at best and excruciating at worst. But it’s where change happens.
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At its essence, compassion is a gift of the spirit—one with the power to change lives, reduce stress, and heal depression.