Beat High-Functioning Anxiety: How to Stop Feeling Rushed, Busy & Overwhelmed

Do you ever wake up in the morning and a mental to-do list immediately crashes through your brain? And you get that rushed, overwhelmed feeling before you’ve even gotten out of bed? It’s almost like your alarm clock is a starting gun, and bang – you’re up and off the the races…racing against time to get everything done!

I certainly have, and  it’s not a nice way to live…but thankfully I have a few tips to help get off the hamster wheel of feeling chronically stressed and frazzled.… Keep reading...

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How to Cultivate Self-Compassion & Overcome Your Inner Critic (Part 4 of 4)

In the final installment of this 4-part blog series on self-compassion, I wanted to share with you useful resources you can use to deepen your journey to mindful self-compassion and healing…

THE SELF-COMPASSION TEST

Want to really find out how compassionate (or critical) you are of yourself? Take the free online test created by researcher Kristin Neff.

COURSES

The ultimate course in self-compassion is by Drs Kristin Neff and Chris Germer from the Mindful Self-Compassion Institute which you can check out here: https://self-compassion.org/the-program/… Keep reading...

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How to Cultivate Self-Compassion & Overcome Your Inner Critic (Part 3 of 4)

 

Welcome to part 3 of my 4 part blog-series on cultivating self-compassion and overcoming your inner critic!

In part 1 we looked at just what our inner critic is, and how it can be extremely damaging to our mental health and sense of happiness and wellbeing.

And in part 2, we looked at just what self-compassion is exactly, how it differs from self-esteem, and the 3 core components of self-compassion: mindfulness, self-kindness and common humanity.… Keep reading...

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How to Cultivate Self-Compassion & Overcome Your Inner Critic (Part 2 of 4)

“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life” – Chris Germer

In last week’s blog post, I explored how our inner critic can cause us so much inner stress and self-sabotage, robbing us of feeling truly happy and being able to reach our full potential.

This week I’d like to share more about the practice of mindful self-compassion, a proven way to reduce the powerful grip of our inner critic and enable us to experience more inner peace and emotional resilience.… Keep reading...

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How to Cultivate Self-Compassion & Overcome Your Inner Critic (Part 1 of 4)

Imagine you had to spend a whole week – day in and day out – with someone really NASTY glued to your side. Every time you made a mistake, they called you names, let you know you really blew it and made you feel worse. Every time you looked in the mirror, they pointed out your flaws. Every time you wanted to try something new or strive for a goal, they told you not to bother because you’d probably fail or you’re not good enough.… Keep reading...

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