Imagine your dad was a bully. If so, when you were a child, he might have withheld affection and warmth and been quick to be critical if things didn’t go his way. As an adult, you would find yourself ...

Learning to be kind to yourself is a powerful part of the healing journey. We are always with ourselves. We can cause great damage through self-criticism, judgment, ignoring physical and emotional ...

Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and self-doubt. We explore a practice to help quiet our inner critic with kindness. Description: Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and ...

In 2018, I moved by myself from Columbus, Ohio to Portland, Ore., hoping that the moodiness of the trees and mountains might help me discover something about myself. I was working for a nonprofit and ...

We are often taught to be accountable to others—to follow through on our commitments, meet the expectations set out for us, and show up reliably. Many of us are quite good at this. But what about when ...