“Why do I resist journalling/meditation when I know it’s good for me?” Resistance is normal. I've been doing this work for over a year now, and I still resist. Resistance happens because we know that when we journal difficult stuff often comes up. Our default has...
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internal Stress, Personality Traits and Self-compassion
Oct 3, 2021
How are you talking to yourself? We get so used to our negative patterns of thought and self-talk, that we are often unaware of how much internal stress we are piling on ourselves. Certain personality traits can make us more vulnerable to internal stress If you have a...
embracing guilt
Oct 3, 2021
Guilt is a hard emotion to feel. Most of us will do anything to avoid it. People pleasing, perfectionism, and self-criticism are just some of the ways we try to protect ourselves from having to feel guilty about things. But guilt means we are taking care of our own...
Self-love and self-compassion
Oct 2, 2021
Self-compassion is the ability to be kind to ourselves. And it is a crucially important part of healing from mindbody symptoms. Self-compassion meditations were one of the ways that I helped to develop this sense of kindness and compassion towards myself. If I had to...