compassion corner
Here I would like to share with you some resources that can help foster our understanding of mental health and trauma, build compassion and support our well-being.
Self-compassion
"With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend." Kristin Neff
Kristin Neff shares many practices that we can integrate into our lives to help cultivate our self-compassion, as well as a short quiz to explore our current ability to be compassionate to ourselves.
Creativity, connection and trauma
Creativity and connection can be powerful sources of healing.
Back in 2020, I interviewed Catherine Butterly, a trauma specialist and psychotherapist, who works as a trainer for group facilitators for The Common Threads Project providing healing circles for people who have suffered sexual violence and trauma in post-conflict situations. Read our interview here.