Theme: Exploring the Practice of Self-Compassion

Use mindful self-compassion to reframe the way in which we talk to ourselves, see our shared humanity, and change the world.

Mindful Self-Compassion increases life satisfaction and decreases depression, anxiety and stress. With all that is going on, we can all use a satisfaction boost, right?

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We are apt not to give ourselves the same kindness and care we would give to our good friends. Instead we lean toward:

using self-judgement, self-criticism, self-cruelty when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate.
having a sense of isolation and loneliness with the pursuit of self-improvement to measure up.
over identifying with our negative emotions and the thought pattern “no one feels / makes mistakes / says ridiculous things like I do.”
failing to place our inadequacies and shortcoming in the context of a common humanity.

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Helen Barnes Vantine, PhD

Founder and Co-Owner at Atlanta Mindfulness Institute

Helen Barnes Vantine, PhD, founded AMI in 2008 with a mission to help others find insight, love, joy, compassion, and acceptance through Mindfulness. She teaches mindfulness skills to individuals, businesses, small groups, health care professionals, and graduate students. In addition to her work at the Atlanta Mindfulness Institute, Dr. Vantine has a private psychotherapy practice in Serenbe, where she offers Mindfulness-Based Therapy to her patients. Dr. Vantine has spent 50 years practicing meditation and studying Eastern and Western approaches to personal growth. She trained to become a certified MBSR instructor under Jon Kabat-Zinn and received her certification in 2011. She was trained by Zindal Segal in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and by Kristin Neff and Chris Germer in Mindful Self Compassion.