Tag: self-compassion
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Why Should We “Do The Work”?
In short, why should we care to do personal development? What’s the point of “working on ourselves”? What if you don’t want to do it? I say, there’s gonna be SOME work involved in your life. And I want you to do the work that matters.
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How Is Your Judging Mind Doing?
Putting a conscious effort to judge less is so much more than just about “being nice”. In fact, it’s not about being nice at all (although it’s a good side effect!). In my episode, I talk about why judging less becomes about self-compassion and healing in the end.
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Are You Owning Your Life Story?
Can we truly grow if we’re rejecting certain parts of ourselves, denying certain experiences, or holding onto shame? Unfortunately, that’s not what different disciplines say. So if we want to talk about empowerment- which has been the topic of my third podcast season – we have to talk about own our life story in a…
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What Is Empowerment to You?
Empowerment doesn’t have to be a vague and superficial term. We can define it in ways that push us to be the authentic, real, and brave selves that we are truly capable of being. Here are some questions that can help us on this path.
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What Does Courage Look Like for You?
To be brave sounds kinda nice. What does it actually even mean? And why would we ever define courage for ourselves? This is what I explore in my episode.
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Four Frameworks to Use Not to Take Things Personally
Choosing to take things personally – like, always… – is not an easy choice. Neither is it good for us. So what can help? What can we focus on and explore not to take things so personally?
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Do You Trust Science When It Comes to High Performance?
High performance is a real thing. More interestingly, it’s something that can be deconstructed and presented to us in the form of habits. Why wouldn’t we like to know what they are?
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On The Importance of Allowing Ourselves to Feel What We Feel
If emotions are signals, we better learn how to read them instead of pushing them away. It’s not an easy tasks but if we want a life of self-knowledge and meaning, we truly can’t skip it.
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Do You Know Your Near Enemies of Compassion?
Are we acting out of compassion or is it something else? Learn about the near enemies of compassion as presented by Chris Germer and based on Buddhist psychology.
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Don’t Go Down The Spiral of Shame
Shame is a highly destructive emotion — in other words, you really don’t wanna stay there. Ideally, you wouldn’t even start falling into a spiral of shame in the first place. So what can you do? How can you notice it’s happening and what actual steps can you take?