In this bonus episode, I share the powerful and valuable exercise by Kristin Neff and Chris Germer called the Mindful Self-Compassion Break. I am leading it here at the request of many for whom I have led this in person. I am fulfilled if this helps you practice and improve your response-ability in moments of pain. This is the work.

Here is a link to their site:

https://self-compassion.org/the-program/

In this episode, Nikkisa shares with me the cultural context in which even the idea of religion was presented to her from her two very different sides of her family.  Her mother is 100% Iranian and her father is 100% Midwestern American.  She shares how she has navigated her life and found ways to still draw upon the strengths and wisdoms from her bicultural upbringing. I found this episode enriching and timely and I hope you do too.

While any stone will work because all stones are of the earth, I recommend using Black Tourmaline or Garnet for their unique properties of grounding. Please forgive the background fan noise; recording without it would have been quite uncomfortable.