by Chanin Zellner | Jan 7, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa We’ve spent the week looking at compassion with the lens focused on you since “compassion starts at home”. For a moment, let’s turn that focus to others. What do you feel or think when you see...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 6, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha This week I’ve written about self-compassion and how so many of us lack it because, essentially, we do not feel we deserve it. And, often, when we feel we...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 5, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” Christopher Germer Recently, a young woman said some unkind things online to my daughter and me. The fierce mama bear in me got all enraged! How dare she!? I called my...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 4, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” Hippocrates Congrats! You showed up for Day 4 of the Developing Compassion series. I am proud of you for taking charge of your healing process! On Day 3, you did a free write with...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 3, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent.” Dr. Kristen Neff Wow, that quote resonates with the old me! With courage, I dedicated 2019 to my personal/spiritual...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 2, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
Have you ever held a baby who was having a meltdown because she wasn’t feeling well? And, as much as you wanted to tell her, “STOP CRYING!” – you did not because you understood how she felt? That was an act of compassion. When you’re having a bad day and you feel...
