–from Gratitude – The Life Blog 1. Take care of your health The very step in showing compassion to yourself is to take care of your health, in little and big ways. We tend to get so busy with work or family that our health goes to the backburner. But, it’s the important thing inContinue reading “How to show compassion to yourself”
Category Archives: self-care
Healing Through Awareness: Managing Triggers Effectively
100 % of the time, when I am triggered by a person, place or thing, it is because of me. The source of the trigger lies within me. ~ Terri Cole Many of us talk in terms of “being triggered”. Often we want to avoid being triggered or triggering someone else. I have learned overContinue reading “Healing Through Awareness: Managing Triggers Effectively”
Daily Affirmations to Cultivate Patience
I am a patient person. It is okay to wait. There is no hurry. The more patient I am, the lighter I feel. Being patient helps me enjoy the life I have right in front of me. I trust the timing of my life.
Self-Care Tips: Recognizing HALT to Improve Your Life
This week, I ignored the God given gift of my intuition and paid the price… literally. I drove angry, got pulled over and ticketed for speeding. Higher Power, help me slow down and become more self-aware. The acronym HALT means never get too Hungry, too Angry, too Lonely, or too Tired. Each of these conditionsContinue reading “Self-Care Tips: Recognizing HALT to Improve Your Life”
This Valentine’s Day, Give Yourself a Gift… Self-Compassion
Take a Self-Compassion Break Learn more Think of a situation in your life that is difficult, that is causing you stress. Call the situation to mind, and see if you can actually feel the stress and emotional discomfort in your body. Now, say to yourself: 1. This is a moment of sufferingThat’s mindfulness. Other options include: 2.Continue reading “This Valentine’s Day, Give Yourself a Gift… Self-Compassion”
Self-compassion toward our bodies by Dr Kristin Neff
It’s common for us to feel uncomfortable about our bodies, especially after the holiday season. We may judge them as not thin enough or attractive enough or strong enough or young enough or healthy enough. An important part of self-compassion is extending kindness and care to the physical form we inhabit, appreciating its gifts ratherContinue reading “Self-compassion toward our bodies by Dr Kristin Neff”
Meditation practice in difficult days…
Thanks to Tara Brach for providing this beautiful resource, an at home retreat. When the crowded Vietnamese refugee boats met with storms or pirates, if everyone panicked all would be lost. But if even one person on the boat remained calm and centered, it was enough. It showed the way for everyone to survive. ZenContinue reading “Meditation practice in difficult days…”
Boost your immunity with kindness and self-compassion
As the news reports on this outbreak of the coronavirus, feelings of fear, stress, and worry often emerge. These feelings are normal. Lives may be impacted in large and small ways. Social distancing is happening as a way to decrease the risks especially for those with health issues and the elderly. For some people withContinue reading “Boost your immunity with kindness and self-compassion”
True Happiness: Realizing Well-Being
True Happiness: Realizing Well-Being – Well being is the deep contentment that arises from a relaxed, wakeful presence. This talk explores the beliefs and habits that contract us away from presence, and several key ways we can nourish our natural capacity for happiness. Lots of messages in this podcast that resonate with what I amContinue reading “True Happiness: Realizing Well-Being”
CoDA Tool Tuesday-self-care
Put the oxygen mask on yourself first. Anyone who has ever flown in a plane has heard these instructions. It’s so well known that so many of us don’t even really pay attention while they are talking. It is good safety advice and even better life wisdom. Put your oxygen mask on yourself first. IfContinue reading “CoDA Tool Tuesday-self-care”