Self-Care Archives - Awareness that Heals https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/tag/self-care/ Bringing Heart and Wisdom to Life's Challenges Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:54:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png Self-Care Archives - Awareness that Heals https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/tag/self-care/ 32 32 155143935 Finding a Place in Your Heart to Move Toward Acceptance https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/finding-a-place-in-your-heart-to-move-toward-acceptance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-a-place-in-your-heart-to-move-toward-acceptance Sun, 31 Mar 2024 11:00:53 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=16767 Episode 119 - The journey of focusing on emerging challenging emotions begins with the realization that you are the observer, which helps to bring immense freedom. Instead of being consumed by anxiety, you can observe it—an experience that helps lead to a deep recognition of the need to care for yourself. This transformative process opens the door to qualities, actions, and thoughts that enhance the quality of your life.  Read More . . .

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]]> 16767 How to Develop Self-Caring & Wisdom When Dealing With Fear https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/how-to-develop-self-caring-wisdom-when-dealing-with-fear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-develop-self-caring-wisdom-when-dealing-with-fear Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=15755 "Would you try to feel worse than you already do?" I ask this (seemingly) absurd question whenever a friend, a client, or even I am experiencing and feeling deep suffering. I ask them this question to help them understand their current attitude about their suffering — and that there's potential for them to learn and emphasize a friendlier, more self-compassionate dialogue with their negative feelings. Read More . . .

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]]> 15755 Expand Your Ability to Care for Yourself through Self-Compassion – Episode 95 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/expand-your-ability-to-care-for-yourself-through-self-compassion-episode-95/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expand-your-ability-to-care-for-yourself-through-self-compassion-episode-95 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 10:30:49 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=9842 On this week's episode of Awareness that Heals, we will look at how to best deal with the challenging emotions that show up most frequently and also investigate our attitude toward those feelings. The goal is for you to expand your ability to care for yourself through self-compassion. There are two key aspects to be aware of. The first is becoming aware of the hard feeling or challenge that you experience most. The second is the self-judgment that arises in the form of feeling inadequate.  Read More . . .

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]]> 9842 Self-Compassion: The Missing Ingredient to Lasting Change – Episode 92 (video) https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/self-compassion-the-missing-ingredient-to-lasting-change-episode-92-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-compassion-the-missing-ingredient-to-lasting-change-episode-92-video Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:30:43 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=8985 In continuation of our guided meditation series, Robert offers a practice on self-compassion, which is the missing ingredient to lasting change. This guided meditation also includes a discussion surrounding its purpose and how it can be directly helpful to you, no matter what challenge you might be facing right now.  Read More . . .

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]]> 8985 Guided Meditation That Provides Tools to Deal With Challenging Emotions – Episode 91 (video) https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/guided-meditation-that-provides-tools-to-deal-with-challenging-emotions-episode-91/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guided-meditation-that-provides-tools-to-deal-with-challenging-emotions-episode-91 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 11:30:14 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=8772 Robert continues with the second installment of the Guided Meditation series where he emphasizes the importance of becoming aware of difficult emotions. This episode takes this awareness and clarifies how to integrate it with our heart and self-caring. Robert and Dave invite listeners to focus on practice. Read More . . .

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]]> 8772 Introspective Guides: Am I Looking to be Aware of Where I am Not? – Episode 85 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/introspective-guides-am-i-looking-to-be-aware-of-where-i-am-not-episode-85/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introspective-guides-am-i-looking-to-be-aware-of-where-i-am-not-episode-85 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:30:55 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=7409 Robert kicks off the episode with a guided meditation. Relax into his words as he grounds into the moment and melts defenses that may be blocking you from accessing your inner wisdom and heart space. Using the Introspective Guides, Robert delves into how we can face our challenging emotions with curiosity. Recognizing that part of us wants to care instead of rationalizing or blocking challenging emotions is a courageous step. Robert will talk you through the tools necessary to develop from the first step of awareness, an intention to care, and a growing self-acceptance toward bringing that heart guidance into the world. Listen to this episode . . .

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]]> 7409 How Confusion is often a Sign of Depth and Potential for Fulfillment https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/how-confusion-is-often-a-sign-of-depth-and-potential-for-fulfillment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-confusion-is-often-a-sign-of-depth-and-potential-for-fulfillment Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:30:40 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=7129 Confusion is so often thought to be a negative feeling, one that is hard to tolerate. In our culture, it’s a feeling we are most frequently averse towards. Today, let’s take a look at confusion as a feeling and how we can support ourselves in changing our attitude, response, and understanding of it. We can also learn how to make it an ally in our life, rather than simply viewing it as a disturbance.  Read More . . .

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]]> 7129 Caring for Ourselves in Crucial Times – Episode 81 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/caring-for-ourselves-in-crucial-times-episode-81/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caring-for-ourselves-in-crucial-times-episode-81 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:30:16 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=6837 This week Robert concludes the telling of his journey through the hardest 10 years of his life as he navigated finding balance both emotionally and chemically after his kidney transplant. For many years he could not feel the joys of life. He had to dig deep to further develop his capacity to use inquiry, will, and focus on the intention to find what thoughts would be possible and helpful. Listen to this episode . . .

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]]> 6837 You Can’t Always Get What You Want, but if You Try, Sometimes, You Get What You Need – Episode 60 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-but-if-you-try-sometimes-you-get-what-you-need-episode-60/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-but-if-you-try-sometimes-you-get-what-you-need-episode-60 Sun, 29 May 2022 10:30:06 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=4965 This week Robert continues to delve deeply into using life’s challenges as a springboard to living a more authentic and joyful life. It is a normal human reaction to blame others or wish they were different, but wishing someone was different can only get you so far. If we suppress our most difficult feelings or act them out, we are in a kind of compulsive repeating of wounded history.  Listen to this episode . . .

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]]> 4965 How to Take Care of Yourself During a Serious Illness https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/how-to-take-care-of-yourself-during-a-serious-illness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-take-care-of-yourself-during-a-serious-illness Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:19:36 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=2599 Psychotherapist Robert Strock discusses how to adapt to the new normal of a longterm illness, be the quarterback of your team of caretakers, and focus on the possible rather than dwell on the impossible.

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