Is Loving-Kindness the Same as Self-Compassion? 💗 Loving-kindness (metta) is the openhearted wish for others — and ourselves — to be happy and well. It’s a warm, inclusive state of goodwill that isn’t limited to suffering. But when loving-kindness meets pain it transforms into compassion, either for ourselves of others. Self-compassion is what happens when we stay connected to our own suffering with an open heart, rather than shutting down or turning away. There’s a beautiful saying: “When the
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The practice of Mindful Self-Compassion includes offering loving kindness to others 🤗...whether we know them or not. It's easy for us to think of people we know and love when it comes to offering loving kindness to others. Each day we interact with so many people we don't know though. As we navigate our days, taking care of all of the things, people seem to be everywhere around us. Unfortunately, it can sometimes be challenging to offer kindness in all of those interactions. Mindful Self-Compas
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I enjoyed speaking with Sharon Salzberg about the connection between loving-kindness and compassion during a recent guest conversation within the Self-Compassion Community. As Sharon beautifully shares, loving-kindness arises from recognizing our shared wish to be happy — not in a superficial way, but in the deep sense of belonging and feeling at home in this life. Compassion, its sister quality, emerges when we turn toward the truth of our shared vulnerability — the fragility and ever-changing
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