It's all too easy to feel overcome with suffering. It may be your own. It may be the headlines of the day's news. It may be the weight of helplessness seeing homeless people, as I feel every time I ascend from the bowels of the Red Line to the cobblestones of Harvard Square. One recent brisk … [Read More...] about When Joy Arises Savor it
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I am a clinical psychologist and researcher by trade; I am a kindness warrior and agent of change by mission.
I believe kindness is the cure for so much of what ails us. Whether it’s managing life’s day-to-day demands or wrestling the inner critic that prevents us all from becoming our best selves, my work is centered in delivering simple, yet life changing ways to increase kindness, mindfulness, and self-compassion.
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The Inner Critic Deserves Some Respect
I have the pleasure of teaching a 10-week workshop series to college students, Overcoming Perfectionism through Self-Compassion. All told, 10-12 hours is not much time. Yet spread over two-and-half months, continuity is cultivated just by showing up. Certain ideas begin to sink in. Originally, I … [Read More...] about The Inner Critic Deserves Some Respect
Cultivating a Positivity Bias by Taking in What’s Good
Let’s face it: Life can be hard. Our attention is immediately hijacked by what’s negative. Remember the negativity bias I wrote about? We all have it. It’s a necessary quirk of our fallible human design. One way to think about this inclination to scan for danger is that your brain is more likely … [Read More...] about Cultivating a Positivity Bias by Taking in What’s Good
Notice Your Negativity Bias (Hint: We’ve all got one)
Do you ever feel like sometimes you can be your own worst enemy? You are. You beat yourself up. Trip over yourself. Get annoyed with others. Cry at diaper commercials. Flip the bird. Numb yourself with Netflix. Or worse, create your own internal horror movie, usually with B ratings. It … [Read More...] about Notice Your Negativity Bias (Hint: We’ve all got one)
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