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Compassion

Radical Self-Care: The Practice of Being Good to Yourself Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

November 15, 2018 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Have you ever gotten really frustrated with yourself for making a mistake or struggling mightily with with something? Have you ever had difficulty accepting some part of yourself or your life that you don’t really like? Have you ever felt so beaten down and overwhelmed by your life that it seemed like you could barely see straight,

Filed Under: Acceptance, Blog, Compassion, Emotions, Self-care, Self-compassion, Wellbeing, Wellness

Holding Mind in Mind: A Mindful Mentalization-Based Skill to Improve Relationships

April 27, 2018 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Have you ever tried to hold someone else’s mind in your mind? Let’s do it together right now. Imagine that one of your good friends or close family members is having a good day. Maybe they had a big success at work, maybe they got a good report from their doctor, or maybe they just had one of those days where everything seems to go smoothly—ahhh, those days are nice when they come along, right?

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Meditation, Mindfulness, Relationships, Wellbeing, Wellness Tagged With: Compassion, Meditation, Mentalizing, Mind in mind, Mindfulness, Mindfulness for relationships, Relationships

Experiencing Unpleasant Emotions? Invite Them In for Tea: The Counterintuitive Practice of Creating Space for Our Difficult Emotions

March 3, 2018 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

What do you do when you feel intense upset, anxiety, anger, or despair? Many of us want to get rid of the unpleasant emotions as soon as possible because unpleasant emotions are, well, unpleasant. We may look for a quick fix that helps turn down the volume on the unpleasantness or distracts us entirely.

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Emotions, Meditation, Mindfulness, Wellbeing, Wellness Tagged With: Allowing emotions, Difficult emotions, Guest house, Mindfulness, Unpleasant emotions, Welcoming prayer

Be Nice to Yourself! The Science of Self-Compassion

May 25, 2017 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Will you try an experiment with me? Read the following paragraph and check back in with me afterward.
“You’re a total idiot. Why on earth would you do something like that? You’ll never amount to anything because you can’t get your s*** together. Pull yourself together and stop acting like a big baby!”

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Mindfulness, Motivation, Self-compassion Tagged With: Mindfulness, Motivation, Self-compassion

Forgiveness Is Hard, But Also Healthy: The Psychology of Letting Go of Our Grudges

January 18, 2017 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Did you know the act of forgiveness can bring about measurable health benefits? Yep, it’s true: there’s a nice body of research documenting the ways that forgiveness can improve not just our mental health but also our physical health.

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Forgiveness, Healing, Wellness Tagged With: Forgiveness

A Prayer for Our Country

November 10, 2016 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

May we all know healing, resilience, and perseverance.

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Healing, Hope Tagged With: Compassion, Healing, hope, light

Don’t Lose Your Mind! Learn to Respond Instead of React

July 14, 2016 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Orlando, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, Dallas (where I live), Nice (France). After a string of recent tragedies, I, like so many people, have been grappling with feelings of shock, outrage, sadness, and confusion. I come to you today not with any answers or direct commentary, but with a request. My request involves a call to action […]

Filed Under: Blog, Compassion, Meditation, Mindfulness Tagged With: Meditation, Mindfulness

The Mindfulness Boost for Anxiety: The Power of Letting It Be

June 8, 2016 by Dr Jennifer Hartman

Over the past 10 years, I think I’ve become much more adept at treating anxiety disorders and wonder if the boost is due to adding mindfulness-based therapies into my repertoire. I have read about research demonstrating that mindfulness-based therapies are at least as effective as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating anxiety, with some suggestive evidence […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Blog, Compassion, Mindfulness Tagged With: Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Mindfulness

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