Do you love the skin you’re in?
January is the traditional time for New Year resolutions, often focused on improving ourselves, especially our bodies. In the opening weeks of the year, we are bombarded with the latest fad diets, invitations to get back to the gym, to slim down after the festive...
Mindfulness and self-compassion for dealing with trauma
Background A recent survey by the World Health Organization indicated that 70% of the population experience some level of trauma exposure. Past trauma exposure increases the likelihood of developing other mental health disorders, somatic disorders, and even...
Compassion training increases closeness to a disliked person
Background There is an increasing sense that communities are becoming more divided. Stoked by anti-social leaders, the silos created by social media, and rising economic anxiety, isolation, anger, and prejudice is on the rise. And yet, sadly, it is the opposite force...
Online self-compassion intervention helps older adults with loneliness
Acts of kindness ripple throughout society.
Creating a legacy of (self) compassion
Change has happened and is happening now.