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Based on the book A Happy, Healthy Mom, this series brings together clinicians, therapists, and authors who work with mothers every day, for honest conversations about what motherhood depletion actually looks like — and the practical, specific ways to get support again. |
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NEW FROM THE WEDNESDAY TALK/MEDITATION: |
5 Ways to Take Things Less Personally |
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Life is going to bump into us. People will disappoint us, criticize us, misunderstand us, drop the ball, or sometimes genuinely treat us badly. The question is how to deal with all of that without adding a whole extra layer of suffering by taking it so personally.
So this week, I explored how feeling more secure in your own worth, having healthy boundaries, bringing compassion to yourself, loosening your sense of identity, and even finding your way toward love can help you stay grounded when the winds of life start blowing. You can still stand up for yourself, name what’s true, and protect yourself when you need to — while being less reactive, resentful, and knocked around by what other people do. |
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NEW ON SUBSTACK: |
What Am I Really Bottling Up?
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Think about a significant relationship, a friend, a family member, a spouse, a parent, a child, a coworker, a neighbour.
Have you been able to talk about things with this person?
Have you been able to express it if you didn’t like how something went?
Or, on the other hand, have you been able to express some of the warm feelings you might have for them? Appreciation and respect, affection, even love. It’s not just negative reactions to other people that get bottled up. |
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FREE WEBINAR: |
The Heart of the Work Conversation Series |
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I'm pleased to be a presenter for The Heart Work Collective's "The Heart of the Work" Conversation Series on October 29th at 12 pm PT. I hope you'll join me for this free talk on taking in the good and building lasting change. |
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST: |
Treating Shame with Self-Compassion with Dr. Chris Germer |
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Shame is one of the hardest emotions to work with, in part because it blocks what we need most when we’re feeling shame: self-compassion. Dr. Chris Germer, co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion program, joins Forrest to discuss how we can get around that trap and begin treating shame with self-compassion. They talk about where shame comes from, how to recognize it when it’s hiding behind other emotions, and practical tools that help us experience less shame.
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ASK RICK: |
How would you describe the balance between accepting “what is” i.e. negative thoughts and feelings, and trying to shift into more positive states of mind without pushing the negative feelings away? |
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When balancing letting be and letting go or letting in, it’s important both to not overreact to depressive thoughts and feelings, and to be careful about sensitizing your brain any further to the negative. It’s a balance. So observe your mind flowing along . . . try not go negative about anything negative . . . and fairly soon shift into gently releasing the negative and then really open to and encourage the positive. And remember that you can bring attention to and becoming concentratively absorbed in the positive even when sadness or other feelings are also present off to the side as it were in the mind. |
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BOOK: The Impossible Will Take a Little While |
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Looking for hope? When each day can bring new reasons for outrage or despair, bestselling organizer and social change analyst Paul Loeb offers a powerful antidote—stories of courage and inspiration about how people changed history despite daunting odds. Loeb’s book The Impossible Will Take a Little While gives us the strength to keep on. |
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