My Values Journal (MVJ) has launched a new journal for kids from 5 to 12 who need help working on their positive mindset and ...

Here’s why writing a compassionate letter to your past self benefits your mental health. “Rosy retrospection” refers to the tendency to recall past events more positively than you may have experienced ...

I’ll never forget the first time I tried journaling about my abuse history. My hands shook as I wrote, scared to validate my story by putting it on paper. "Maybe it wasn’t that bad..." I started, a ...

The inner critic is a near-universal human experience, not a personal flaw — and a simple journaling habit can interrupt its hold. Micro-habits under ten minutes are far more likely to stick than ...

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What if we treated ourselves with the same compassion we extend to others? Think about the last time you made a mistake in your practice. Did you feel frustrated, ashamed, or like an impostor? What ...

People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from ...

Research suggests that having self-compassion can have more impact on your mental health than you might think.

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...