Self-Compassion Archives - Awareness that Heals https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/tag/self-compassion/ Bringing Heart and Wisdom to Life's Challenges Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png Self-Compassion Archives - Awareness that Heals https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/tag/self-compassion/ 32 32 155143935 Unlock Your Inner Resilience for Anxiety Relief, Episode 125 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/unlock-your-inner-resilience-for-anxiety-relief-episode-125/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unlock-your-inner-resilience-for-anxiety-relief-episode-125 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:54:13 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=18372 Episode 125 - In the 6th and final episode of Caring for Anxiety, Robert Strock guides you through a powerful meditation designed to transform anxiety into resilience and wisdom. By focusing on self-compassion and awareness, Robert helps you develop the capacity to welcome and care for your anxiety, turning it into a source of strength. Read More . . .

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]]> 18372 Transform Anxiety into Strength with Self-Compassion, Episode 124 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/transform-anxiety-into-strength-with-self-compassion-episode-124/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transform-anxiety-into-strength-with-self-compassion-episode-124 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:54:51 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=18364 Episode 124 - In episode 5 of the Caring for Anxiety Series, Robert Strock invites you to explore guided meditations designed to help you manage anxiety with self-compassion and awareness. Learn to observe and respond to your anxiety, developing the capacity to care for yourself in the midst of challenging emotions. Read More . . .

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]]> 18364 How Sensitivity and Honesty Can Help You Through Anxiety, Episode 123 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/how-sensitivity-and-honesty-can-help-you-through-anxiety-episode-123/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-sensitivity-and-honesty-can-help-you-through-anxiety-episode-123 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:53:01 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=18333 Episode 123 - This episode offers practical steps to recognize and welcome anxiety, transforming it into a source of strength and growth. Tune in to learn how to cultivate a caring relationship with your anxiety and enhance your emotional well-being. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast, and explore our Introspective Guides available on our website.  Read More . . .

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]]> 18333 The Benefits of Welcoming Anxiety https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/the-benefits-of-welcoming-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-benefits-of-welcoming-anxiety Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:00:25 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=18239 Episode 122 - In part three of caring for anxiety, we continue to emphasize being aware of our anxiety, recognizing its presence, and responding with compassion. This practice is a subtle but vital skill that supports us as we care for ourselves. By being mindful of our thoughts, especially in the context of anxiety, we can observe whether these thoughts are supportive or critical, allowing us to shift toward more caring and welcoming thoughts.  Read More . . .

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]]> 18239 Embrace Your Journey Toward Self-Compassion https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/embrace-your-journey-toward-self-compassion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embrace-your-journey-toward-self-compassion Sun, 18 Feb 2024 11:30:17 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=15668 Episode 116 - In the two prior episodes, we've explored practical tools to help address anxiety. The initial steps helped you become aware of your anxiety and care for it, while the subsequent step has you move into developing tolerance, kindness, and a welcoming attitude toward anxiety itself. While this may seem counterintuitive, the aim is to view anxiety as having the potential to awaken self-compassion. If you can apply this to your life, you will begin to free yourself from being dominated by anxiety and move up one more floor on the elevator metaphor.  Read More . . .

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]]> 15668 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 Developing Self-Compassion with Patience – Episode 21 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/developing-self-compassion-with-patience-episode-21/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-self-compassion-with-patience-episode-21 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:30:29 +0000 https://www.awarenessthatheals.org/?p=3845 Host Robert Strock discusses the continuing process of developing self-compassion. Difficult emotions elicit many predictable “normal” forms of self-rejection, such as withdrawing, anger, or fixing. However, normal doesn’t mean healthy. We can learn to accept challenging feelings as part of our human experience while learning to stop patterns of self-rejection. Listen to this episode . . .

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