#PersonalEssays #StressAnxiety #DifficultEmotions Are Shame and Guilt Bad—Or Do We Just Need a Different Relationship With Them?: Guilt and shame are two of the most painful emotions—and yet, as much as we might like them to, they don’t seem to be going away. Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce looks at these troublesome companions, and what it might mean to live more peacefully with them.

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#LovingKindnessCompassion #ParentingFamily #DifficultEmotions On the Other Side of Sadness: Teaching Our Kids (and Ourselves) That It’s Okay to Feel Anything: Do our kids know that it's okay to feel sad? To feel whatever they're feeling? Heather Campbell Grimes explores learning to sit with her daughter’s emotions, and her own.

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#GuidedMeditations #PodcastsAudio #DifficultEmotions A Meditation to Allow Genuine Happiness, Even In Hard Times: Accessing real happiness when we are struggling can feel impossible—but it’s also a key to our recovery, healing, and well-being.

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#12MinuteMeditation #anger #difficultemotions A Meditation to Skillfully Connect With Your Anger: Practice how to skillfully connect with your anger, not to drive it away, but get curious to see what’s really there, and then see how we want to respond.

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#DifficultExperiencesEmotions #compassion #difficultemotions Wise Engagement with the World: What to Do When You Wish Things Were Different: Author and meditation teacher Kimberly Brown explores what wise engagement looks like, offering compassionate advice on how to avoid falling into despair, practice non-hatred even for difficult people, and use your actions to benefit the world.

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#Calm #chronicpain #difficultemotions A Meditation for Finding a Middle Way When We Are In Pain: In this guided meditation, longtime meditation teacher and pain expert Vidyamala Burch offers a tender practice to help us be with our whole selves with openness and kindness, even when we are experiencing pain.

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#Calm #difficultemotions #grief A Meditation for Allowing the Possibility of Possible In Deep Grief: In this guided practice, Brenda K. Mitchell offers an invitation to anyone who might be struggling to see a way forward through grief.

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#GriefLoss #difficultemotions #empathy When Grief Hits During the Holidays: Grief often hits the hardest during holidays and special events. Although the pain is unavoidable, we can support ourselves by making space for it, finding connection, and being kind to ourselves.

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#Calm #DifficultExperiencesEmotions #difficultemotions Making Space: A Mindful Guide to Processing Post-Election Emotions: When we experience emotional intensity, it’s important to give ourselves grace, rest, and time to heal. Shalini Bahl offers three practical steps along with a meditation to help us all process post-election emotions.

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#Anxiety #Depression #DifficultEmotions Is Mindfulness a Treatment for Depression?: Learning what type of depression you have is the key to successful treatment. Experts advise on when mindfulness can (and can't) help treat depression.

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