Parenting
We do not practice self-compassion to make parenting easier, we practice self-compassion because parenting is hard. Learn how to notice the moments when we most need to treat ourselves with kindness instead of getting bogged down by self-criticism. Parents have a lot of internal and external pressures and we can learn to navigate them with grace.
Empathy Fatigue
The more we understand about burnout, the more we realize that it is not a lack of compassion, but rather an overabundance of empathy, that causes chronic stress. Learn how to tap into the renewable resource that is compassion and increase your resilience amidst the challenges that come from caring for others, personally and professionally.
Performance Anxiety
Performance anxiety is rarely due to a lack of skill or lack of preparation, rather it occurs when we shift our focus away from our abilities and onto negative judgements of ourselves. Learn to notice when you’ve shifted from a skillful to unskillful mindset and practice bringing calm awareness back to the task at hand.
Grieving
If it is grief that brings you to self-compassion, please know that we are so sorry for your loss. Grieving can be triggered by losses that take many forms and treating our grieving selves with compassion is a different way to be with our very real pain. Learn to begin to access intense feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them.