by Chanin Zellner | Jan 13, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Forgiveness
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. Lewis B. Smedes I was talking with someone the other day about forgiveness. Like most of us, she has people in her life whom she is struggling to...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 10, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Forgiveness
Forgiveness isn’t just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself. Robin S. Sharma The word “forgiveness” can bring an immediate feeling of disgust for many people and feelings of sadness for others. Before we...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 7, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa We’ve spent the week looking at compassion with the lens focused on you since “compassion starts at home”. For a moment, let’s turn that focus to others. What do you feel or think when you see...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 6, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha This week I’ve written about self-compassion and how so many of us lack it because, essentially, we do not feel we deserve it. And, often, when we feel we...
by Chanin Zellner | Jan 5, 2020 | 2020 Educational Posts, Compassion
“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” Christopher Germer Recently, a young woman said some unkind things online to my daughter and me. The fierce mama bear in me got all enraged! How dare she!? I called my...
