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3 Loving-Kindness Meditations for Beginners 3 Loving-Kindness Meditations for Beginners 1) Directing Compassion Toward Ourselves Most of the time, we’re our own harshest critics. We strive to hide our flaws and mistakes so we can project a perfect image into the world. With this practice, we choose to instead bring compassion to our imperfections. This shift helps us grow more comfortable with the human difficulties we’ve been desperately trying to avoid—a radical shift that also uncovers the opportunity to develop our inner wisdom and equanimity....

This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. ** Midnight Snack for Two Midnight Snack for Two This date is a super sexy way to reconnect and to help do that it is equipped with super cute printables designed by Carisa from Messes to Memories! Let’s get to work! First, print out the printables, then cut and prepare them. There is a cheeky little note that you can leave on the bed, hang on the door, or in another location to surprise your sweetie and let them know the fun they are in for!...

Janice Marturano is spearheading the blog. She’s the founder and executive director of the Institute for Mindful Leadership. And she also contributes to Mindful magazine in our In Practice: Work department. Marturano’s first post on the Mindful Leadership blog looks at the definition of a mindful leader. She writes: A mindful leader is someone who embodies leadership presence by cultivating focus, clarity, creativity and compassion in the service of others. To join the discussion, click here....

Given all this, you might think training in attention would be critical to any schooling. Indeed, William James, back in 1890, said such a training would be “an education par excellence,” although he confessed to being stumped as to what it might involve. Now, of course, we know—mindfulness practice nurtures attention, bringing with it a precious treasure of other well-being benefits. And yet, it seems that most of our educators remain unmoved by the power of meditation—like James over a century ago, schools know the importance of attention, but are less sure of methods to bring it about....