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Join us this week as Rose Felix Cratsley shares powerful affirmations that nurture self-compassion, encourage personal growth, and bring about healing through hope. With a firm belief in the importance of mindfulness as a fundamental human right, Rose reminds us that we enter this world with openness and curiosity, yet often find ourselves burdened by self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety. Rose is the visionary founder and president of Ivy Child International, a remarkable non-profit organization dedicated to creating global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. Through their impactful work, Ivy Child International strives to improve the well-being of individuals worldwide. Tune in to discover affirmations that will empower you to embrace self-compassion, foster growth, and find solace in the transformative power of hope. Rose's wisdom and experience will guide you on a journey of healing, as you navigate the challenges of life with renewed strength and resilience. &nbsp; Show notes: Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here:   Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org.

A 12-Minute Meditation for Healing Through Hope With Rose Felix Cratsley

Wherever You Go There You Are 1 Jon Kabat-Zinn

An interview with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves, and a scholar, poet, author, post-trauma specialist, diplomate senior Jungian psychoanalyst, and cantadora. We discuss her latest book, Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul.  

Untie the Strong Woman with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Guided Meditation Releasing Limiting Beliefs

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. At 79, she honors us with an intimate conversation on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

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"The First Time Percy Came Back" by Mary Oliver

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. At 79, she honors us with an intimate conversation on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267

"I Happened to Be Standing" by Mary Oliver

We're often our own worst critics. The negative self-talk can be cruel, it gives depression power and eventually, we start to believe the things we tell ourselves.

We invited one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, Dr Kristin Neff, to teach us a thing, or two, about being kind to ourselves.

Some questions we ask:

Why is self-compassion important and what role does in play in our mental health?
Why do some people find it so hard to practice self-compassion?
How do we work through, and breakdown, the resistance we feel?

Want to learn more about Dr Kristin Neff? Here you go:

Kristin studied communications as an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1988). She did her graduate work at University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1997), studying moral development with Dr. Elliot Turiel. Her dissertation research was conducted in Mysore, India, where she examined children’s moral reasoning. She then spent two years of post-doctoral study with Dr. Susan Harter at Denver University, studying issues of authenticity and self-concept development. Her current position at the University of Texas at Austin started in 1999, and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006.

During Kristin’s last year of graduate school in 1997 she became interested in Buddhism, and has been practicing meditation in the Insight Meditation tradition ever since. While doing her post-doctoral work she decided to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically.

In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an 8-week program to teach self-compassion skills. The program, co-created with her colleague Chris Germer, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, is called Mindful Self-Compassion. Her book, Self-Compassion, was published by William Morrow in April, 2011.

Website: http://self-compassion.org/
Twitter: @self_compassion
Facebook: /selfcompassion

Episode 5: Dr Kristin Neff - Getting to Grips with Self-Compassion

3-minute guided meditation, produced by UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), narrated by Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education. 

3-Minute Body Scan Meditation

Three minutes breathing space

These eleven short tracks help the listener to practise self-compassion. They are originally from my online course True Friend. The practices will also be helpful to readers of my book Kindfulness and, indeed, to anybody who wants to be a friend to himself or herself. On most tracks two practices are combined. Try them - give yourself a shot of self-compassion.

Self - Compassion For Part Of Who You Are + Stay In Your Body

Explore this guided meditation to calm your body and improve your quality of sleep.

A Body Scan Meditation to Help You Sleep

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

"I Happened to Be Standing" by Mary Oliver

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