Our self-talk has a powerful impact on our perception and wellbeing. With the practice of mindfulness meditation, we begin to increase the awareness of inner critical voices and realize the impact they have. We can then decide to meet this inner voice with a more compassionate voice.
Mindfulness helps us to see more clearly what is going on within our struggle. Self-compassion reminds us to speak to ourselves with kindness and to take action to give ourselves what we need. This can build the ... view more »
Our self-talk has a powerful impact on our perception and wellbeing. With the practice of mindfulness meditation, we begin to increase the awareness of inner critical voices and realize the impact they have. We can then decide to meet this inner voice with a more compassionate voice.
Mindfulness helps us to see more clearly what is going on within our struggle. Self-compassion reminds us to speak to ourselves with kindness and to take action to give ourselves what we need. This can build the internal resources for navigating our daily lives, whatever comes our way.
Marina Barnes has a strong interest in helping parents and their teens build the foundation of emotional well-being through a strength-based lens. She has developed practical tools to work with her own stress, and shared these tools with parents and teens.
Marina is a Mindful Schools Certified Instructor, a Teacher and Teacher Trainer for Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (formerly known as Making Friends with Yourself); and a Nonviolent Communication (aka Compassionate Communication) practitioner.
Monthly on Wednesdays
7:00-8:00pm
Cost: $25 per session
Join us for one or more sessions – drop-ins welcome!
**This event will be held indoors at the Dayaalu Center.
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