Giving and taking is a practice of imagining taking in the suffering of yourself and others with compassion, reducing self-focus and self-centered fear, and breathing out wellbeing to yourself and others with kindness. In this video, research is shared on the downside of self-focus and… Read More »Compassion’s COMPASS Module 8: Giving and Taking
An interview with Sheri Mitschelen, LCSW, RPT-S, on compassion: Sheri has been a clinical social worker devoted to providing mental health services for children and their families for over 30 years. She developed and continues to oversee the Crossroads Family Center and The Heart Leaf… Read More »Sheri Mitschelen, LCSW, RPT-S, on Compassion
Compassion’s COMPASS Module 7 video, Compassion: the Compassion’s COMPASS modules leading up to this prepare you to experience the feeling of compassion. It’s a powerful feeling with many benefits. Research on the benefits of compassion and a guided meditation on developing it are included in… Read More »Compassion’s COMPASS Module 7: Compassion
In this interview, Marlys Rixey, Psy.D., a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 25 years in the field of Health Psychology, explains how mind and body affect each other. She points out the health effects of positive and distressing emotions and gives practical advice on ways… Read More »Mary Rixey on Mind-Body Health and Well-Being
In this video Shayla Ortell, a psychotherapist and meditator, explains how she was introduced to kindness contemplations, how they have influenced her, and practical ways kindness practice can transform tasks of daily living. She also guides us in a practice to center, regain equanimity, and… Read More »Shayla Ortell on Kindness Contemplations
Kindness is the wish that others and ourselves encounter happiness and the causes of happiness. It is an uplifting feeling that can lift us out of depression and anger while opening our hearts. In this video, research on the benefits of kindness is explored and… Read More »Compassion’s COMPASS Module 6: Kindness
Each moment offers us a choice: we can follow our anger, hurt, and fear or we can choose courage, love, forgiveness, and compassion. In this amazing interview, Scarlett Lewis, author, and founder of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, shares her story of devastating loss,… Read More »Scarlett Lewis on Forgiveness
Resentment and anger block kindness and compassion. To move through our anger, it’s important to know strategies for corrective self-talk and forgiveness. Forgiveness skills are particularly useful when a grudge runs deep and is causing us internal distress. Forgiveness and trust are two different things:… Read More »Compassion’s COMPASS Module 5: Forgiveness
Gratitude can uplift us when we’re feeling depleted, worn down, and fatigued, It’s as easy as counting your blessings. In this video, Wes Smith, who has worked as a School Social Worker for over 25 years, shares his strategies for personal renewal in the face… Read More »Wes Smith, LCSW, on Gratitude and Well-Being
Gratitude can lift us up from emotional depletion and revitalize us when fatigued and worn down. For helping professionals, it can provide a protective buffer against compassion fatigue. Research on the benefits of gratitude and an easy way to practice it are shared in this… Read More »Compassion’s COMPASS Module 4: Gratitude