Posts tagged with 'self-compassion'
Positive psychology and psychedelics: possible synergies
22nd June 2022
I gave a talk today about Positive Psychology and suggested a couple of areas where there could be helpful synergies with psychedelics. Here is the full downloadable talk and below are a few of the slides ... initially just below are the first three: I've written in the past about …
Skydiving with grandad - twelve tips for a courage toolbox
10th June 2021
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” C. S. Lewis “Fear is the mind-killer … I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will …
Glasgow BABCP conference: 1st day - lecture rant, Anke Ehlers on PTSD, a workshop on the 'strong & curious therapist', and more.
19th July 2018
Yesterday was the first full day of the two & a half day (plus one day of pre-conference workshops) BABCP summer conference in Glasgow. It feels like I've been going to these annual BABCP get-togethers for a thousand years. In so many ways, I think they're great ... although, for …
Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training
1st November 2017
A good friend & I have just been sorting out the practical details of running an 8 week course together on "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing", starting in January. Some aspects still need to be tweaked, but the basic publicity information runs like this: "If you want others to be happy, …
Compassion lecture: what? why? how? so ... ?
1st June 2017
I'm due to give a short lecture tomorrow on "Compassion". Here is a downloadable copy of the slides ... sadly with most of the images removed for copyright reasons. The event is a "Collider session". It's a kind of upmarket brainstorming exercise with an invited group of participants to look …
Self-compassion: soothing touch helps us settle and relax
20th May 2017
Touch can be profoundly soothing and settling. In an intriguing study - "Nonverbal channel use in communication of emotion: how may depend on why" - researchers found that when participants generated displays of eleven different emotions, touch was the most preferred nonverbal way of showing love and sympathy. Welcomed touch …
Mindful self-compassion: affectionate breathing meditation
18th May 2017
I'm just back from a five day Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) retreat in Iceland with Chris Germer & Christine Brahler. MSC teaches a whole host of meditation practices, with three underlined as core meditations. These three are Affectionate Breathing, Loving-Kindness for Ourselves, and Giving & Receiving Compassion. In this post I …
Upgrading the 'breathing space' meditation, some research-based suggestions (2nd post): touch & affectionate releasing
15th May 2017
I recently wrote a blog post "Upgrading the 'breathing space' meditation, some research-based suggestions (1st post): mindfulness & naming" where I commented that if the thousands of recent research papers on mindfulness, emotion regulation & related subjects couldn't help us improve on the helpfulness of brief meditation practices, then science …
Upgrading the 'breathing space' meditation, some research-based suggestions (1st post): mindfulness & naming
15th May 2017
Many forms of stress management & meditation teach brief "breathing space" exercises that can be used to bring oneself into the present in a variety of helpful ways. These seem to have been particularly popularised by the 3 minute breathing space exercise (3MBS) taught in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Zindel …
Mindful self-compassion residential: last morning, reviewing & appreciating
13th May 2017
The first evening of this residential was back on Tuesday and it's now Saturday morning. I've already written an initial post "Mindful self-compassion residential: first morning, doubts & overview". So how am I feeling about the workshop now after three full days ... with just one to go? Happy, touched, …