Working with Emotions

How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.

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Cultivating Compassion

Embracing common humanity

A talk about the practice of equalizing self and others, its benefits, and overcoming fear…

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Cultivating Compassion

Self-compassion

What self-compassion is and what it is not, plus a discussion on obstacles to self-compassion…

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Cultivating Compassion

Compassion, empathy, and attachment

Guided meditations on compassion, the difference between compassion and empathy, and compassion practice in Mahayana…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Identifying anxiety

The path from worry to fear and anxiety, and the stories we tell ourselves along…

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Cultivating Compassion

When compassion arises

A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Identifying our feelings

How to identify our emotions and distinguish them from thoughts and why it's important.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassionate communication

How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassion and empathy review

Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Guided meditation on compassion

A guided meditation to make the mind more familiar and more habituated to the feeling…

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