Mental Health

Decades of research has shown that practicing compassion for others and yourself can help relieve depression, heal trauma, and reduce anxiety and stress. It helps people to connect more with others, build resilience, and increases happiness and life satisfaction.

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Essential Reading

Books on compassion in mental health

It’s OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion 
Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes 
The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook: An Eight-Week Program for Improved Emotion Regulation and Resilience
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living – A new training programme to deepen mindfulness with heartfulness
A Culture of Happiness
Outer Order, Inner Calm
The Home Within You – an introduction
Compassion focused therapy and the body: how physiological underpinnings of prosociality inform clinical practice

cover coming soon

A Practical Guide to Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living – Living with Heart
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My New Best Friend by Sara Marlowe (Author) and Ivette
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living: Cultivating Relationality with ‘Heartful Mind’ and ‘Mindful Heart’

cover coming soon

Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups

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