Compassionate Relating

08/02/2023

The act of self-compassion is similar to exercising or learning a new language ❤️💪🧠 The greatest impact comes from consistent practice and repeated action....

10/19/2021

Article about social games we play between our [Parent] [Adult] and [Child] states:

"The Essence of these games and delay-gratification
Because there is so little opportunity for intimacy in daily life, and intense forms of intimacy is impossible for most people, the bulk of the time in serious social life is taken up with playing these games. Therefore, social games are both necessary and desirable, and the only problem at issue is whether the games played by an individual offer the best yield for him. All people are playing these games knowingly or unknowingly"
https://brandalyzer.blog/2021/04/30/the-psychology-of-human-relationships-according-to-transactional-analysis/

08/08/2021

“We are naturally inclined to want the opposite: we want be understood first. Many do not even listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They either speak, or they are ready to speak.

Our conversations become collective monologues. We never really understand what is happening inside another human being.”

-Stephen Covey

06/21/2021

Dr. Paul Gilbert is 70 today!

06/03/2021

Frank Ostaseski speaks about three parts of deep listening
https://youtu.be/WjWiZ8WGZZA

05/23/2021

https://aeon.co/essays/we-have-evolved-powerful-mechanisms-for-healing-one-another

When a person is in distress, we can draw on deep, evolved mechanisms to calm the storm, through attention, touch and care

05/20/2021

I feel inspired and encouraged:
yesterday in a circle of 12 people we talked for two hours with the founders of compassionpractices.net and the pioneers of compassion culture.
Psychologists, coaches, nurses, therapists, meditation teachers - including collaborators
with the founders of compassion focused therapy dr. Paul Gilbert in developing courses and trainings for facilitators.
We shared a quest to change culture locally and globally, spreading common humanity, kindness and compassion.
Psychologists and coaches told inspiring stories
how their clients enjoy the effects of self-care and self-compassion exercises,
shared how they develop projects to expand and increase compassion in cities, how they are building compassion-based coaching programs,
about how important it is for us who spread this culture to live according to it,
about the importance of empowering not only psychologists and therapists, but also to go beyond them in spreading a culture of kindness. I am happy to see how this activity enriches and makes my life meaningful ☺️😍
I invite you to try out some carefully compiled and tested compassionate practices here :
https://compassionpractices.net/the-practices/
-Zygi
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Welcome to the Compassion Practices themselves Here you will find six basic practices for three different settings: individuals, groups and teams. Pick which one suits your situation and then have a look at the resources available – you should have everything you need to get going immediately. We ...