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This week Ken and Michelle are joined by Julie Meek, LCSW to talk about SELF-COMPASSION.

What is Self-Compassion and why is it important?

How do you teach Self-Compassion to your child?

It starts with YOU.

Julie has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of topics, particularly on provider self-care and movement/dance-based interventions. Her work is published in two peer-reviewed journals: Australian Social Work and Intervention in School and Clinic.

RESOURCES from Julie:

-About Tara Brach’s RAIN Meditation: https://www.tarabrach.com/rain/

-You Tube Upload of the RAIN Meditation Practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8e_tAEM80k
-Kristen Neff’s Work:

Website: https://self-compassion.org/

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4

Practices: https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-practices/

-Example Loving Kindness Meditation: https://youtu.be/sz7cpV7ERsM?si=V3Dn8hQNRMamaX_F

-Julie Meek's Embodied Self-Compassion Meditation: https://on.soundcloud.com/5a5WH0AgFHFaVYv2rf

-Post on "Good-Enough" Parenting: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/full-catastrophe-parenting/202208/why-good-enough-parenting-is-better-perfection

-Thich Nhat Hanh's book on compassion for self and others: https://www.shambhala.com/true-love.html?srsltid=AfmBOoru-f_iVUCvpPm1kmHJcie43B6dx3DijqsSU3cwegVV68AUr7NE

Communities for building Self-Compassion into your life:

-Elizabeth Gilbert's "Letters from Love" Substack: https://elizabethgilbert.substack.com/

-Parent Cafes in Boise, ID: https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/blog/parent-cafes-take-root-in-idaho

-Codependents Anonymous: https://coda.org/meeting-materials/welcome/

-USC Mindful Self-Compassion 8-Week Course: https://mindfulusc.captyn.com/find/cmbfm3lup00oolq0w805eyty8

Some of Julie's other favorite links:

-Why Self-Compassion is Revolutionary for Neurodivergent BIPOC People: https://www.neuroqueer.org/post/why-self-compassion-is-revolutionary-for-bipoc-neurodivergent-people#:~:text=Choosing%20self%2Dcompassion%20as%20a,you%20are%2C%20fully%20and%20freely.

-Adrienne Maree Brown and Sonya Renee Taylor's Journal for Radical Permission: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/journal-of-radical-permission/

-Kim McMillen'

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