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Go Ahead, Talk to Yourself. It’s Normal—and Good for You.

By Wendy Rose Gould — 2018

Talking to yourself isn’t just normal, it’s good for your mental health—if you have the right conversations.

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Too Hard on Yourself? Why a Little Self-Compassion Can Take You a Long Way

Let’s face it, if there’s one thing many of us are good at, it is beating up on ourselves. Despite how kind we can be to those around us in difficult moments, many people can be outright cruel to themselves. Let's change that.

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Margie Warrell
2018
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Why Women Need Fierce Self-Compassion

Compassion isn’t always soft and gentle; sometimes it means being forceful and fierce.

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Kristin Neff
2018
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The Five Myths of Self-Compassion

Kristin Neff tackles the misconceptions that stop us from being kinder to ourselves.

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Kristin Neff
2015
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Reaching Out for Compassion

At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.

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Tara Brach
2014
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Tara Brach’s Non-Radical Approach to ‘Radical Compassion’

Through the acronym RAIN (Recognize-Allow-Investigate-Nurture) we can awaken the qualities of mature compassion—an embodied, mindful presence, active caring, and an all-inclusive heart.

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Susan Pascal
2020
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Remember RAIN: Four Steps to Stop Being So Hard on Ourselves

In order to flower, self-compassion depends on honest, direct contact with our own vulnerability. Compassion fully blossoms when we actively offer care to ourselves.

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Tara Brach
2019
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RAIN Dissolves Limiting Beliefs

One of the great blocks to realizing the gold of who we are is our conviction that something is wrong with me.

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Tara Brach
2020
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