Self-compassion may sound kind of fluffy when you first hear about it, but there are so many good reasons to cultivate it.
Here are just four of the many possible reasons self-compassion is important to our well-being:
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Everything you know about obesity is wrong — article review
This article, published by the Huffington Post in September 2018, is an excellent and poignant description of the incredible stigma people considered to be overweight struggle with in our fat-shaming society. I see many implications for counselling here…
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
I appreciate this book because Hari is telling his own story of realization as an insider whom has relied on medication and psychiatrists for much of his life. He brings a journalist's research skills and writing, which he then marries with the vulnerability of a person struggling with depression and trying to understand his struggles with…
Wondering about your alcohol use? Check out this book: This Naked Mind
How to meditate
I have tried numerous times over the years to get a meditation practice going, but it never really stuck. However, I became very motivated once again to incorporate meditation into my life while I was doing my psychology education. So much of the research I was reading stressed the benefit of meditation on our…