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Tonglen on the Spot

By Pema Chödrön — 2002

Tonglen—the Tibetan practice of “sending and receiving”—can be put to use in everyday situations.

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16 Compassion Focused Therapy Training Exercises and Worksheets

Compassion gets a lot of attention in positive psychology, and for good reason – it’s a major concern of many religious and philosophical leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis.

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Courtney E. Ackerman
2021
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5 Ways to Befriend Yourself in Meditation

You may not consider how to befriend yourself in meditation, but when you shift your mindset, you can develop a friendly and compassionate approach to the practice. Try the following five practices and approaches to meditation.

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Lorin Roche
2021
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The Surprising Benefits of Compassion Meditation

It can be powerful medicine for both your mind and relationships.

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Stacey Colino
2016
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The Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Self-Compassion Meditation

Many of us who want to make a positive impact on the world try to have compassion for other people. But how many of us ever think about directing that compassion toward ourselves?

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Charles A. Francis
2021
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Meditation Is Ridiculously, Amazingly Simple

If you approach your practice as a path of love, the rhythms of life will teach you moment by moment how to proceed. Each little discovery about what breathing feels like will give you more access to your inner life and the secret power of recovery built into your body.

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Lorin Roche
2022
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Welcome to the Wildness: or, Uncovering the True Heart of Yoga and Meditation

Every day, we have to do the impossible. We have to submit to the magic reboot of sleep and then get up and line up all our selves into a unified being and get on with it. Nearly every day, new qualities of our selves come online to join in with all the others. This is a creative act.

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Lorin Roche
2022
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People With Higher Levels of Self-Compassion Experience Less Boredom, Study Says

Everybody gets bored now and then. But some people are less likely to experience boredom than others—and it may have something to do with how they treat themselves, say researchers.

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Claire Gillespie
2022
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What Unites Buddhism and Psychotherapy? One Therapist Has the Answer.

In The Zen of Therapy, Mark Epstein weaves together two ways of understanding how humans can feel more settled in their lives.

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Oliver Burkeman
2022
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Developing a Conscience: Knowing the Difference Between Right and Wrong

There are various developmental theories that go into the tool kit that parents and educators utilize to help mold caring and ethically intact people, including those of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg.

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Edie Weinstein
2018
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How to Raise a Kid with a Conscience in the Digital Age

Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.

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Caroline Knorr
2018
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