Creating Self-Compassion

A six-week class that will help you learn and create the habits of treating yourself the way you genuinely want to treat yourself.

I invite you to learn, practice with group support, and implement the skills of caring for yourself the way you want to care for yourself.

We Tend to Feel Dissatisfied

This seems strange because most of us are surviving just fine. We have a comfortable life and family and friends that we love and love us. Yet, even with all the trappings of the modern age, we still feel unsatisfied inside.

Dissatisfaction can take the form of feeling unworthy, empty, bored with life, or simply restlessness for the next thing with the hidden hope that it’ll work permanently this time. Yet, no matter what we try, we never find the magic answer, the perfect potion, or the ability to accept ourselves without dissatisfaction clouding everything we experience.

This class will offer you some tools and skills to help you navigate the persistent, hollow, unsatisfied emotions in your body and the self-criticism that haunts your days. The key is navigating and managing your mind instead of fighting or avoiding the thoughts. This class will also help you learn the skills of compassionate mental navigation and mind management so you feel better about your days and your life.

Self-compassion comprises several skills bundled into one name. Those skills are Awareness, Acceptance, and Letting Go. Generally, they are easier to learn with the support of other people experiencing similar situations. So, together, we will begin each session with a simple mind exercise and then build some brain-wires learning from each other. We will discuss the triggers we experienced during the last week and their consequences on our life’s satisfaction. Then, I will end each session with a short talk about a new skill we can practice in the following week. The goal is to become aware of the triggers that precede the unnecessary suffering that we experience so we can use new skills to suffer less. I’ll end with a gentle daily exercise to help you practice so you can navigate each situation in your mind and daily life.

Register for this class to learn how to love yourself how you want to be loved.

Consciously create your life beginning with this class.

Register for this class and begin loving yourself in the way you want to be loved. I look forward to meeting you online!

Class FAQ

• We will meet every Monday from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM MST for six weeks.
(In addition to the class. I usually do a question and response time after each class.)

• Each class will last six weeks, meeting once a week for ninety-minute sessions.

• No one is required to speak or share.

• We will send you a welcome letter after you register.

• We will send you the class Zoom invitation link two days before each class.

• We will send you the class Zoom invitation link thirty minutes before each class.

• If you are unfamilier with Zoom, please go to www.Zoom.com, download and install the Zoom app. The Zoom app and the service is free you to use for these classes. We're sorry, we do not do Zoom support so please use Zoom resources if you need help.

• A few days after each class, I will send you a follow-up letter that summarizes the class theme.

• You agree to us recording the camera and microphone signals you send to us from your device (computer, tablet, or phone).

• The class will be recorded and viewable by enrolled class members for the following 60 days.

• We have a small scholarship fund, which we will utilize on a first-come, first-serve basis. If the fund becomes depleted, we may delay your enrollment until we have more scholarship funds.

• This class is not a replacement for therapy, and we will not do therapy during the class.

• This class will offer you some tools for creating and cultivating self-compassion; they are not a substitute for mental health care, therapy, or medical treatment.

• Your personal safety and emotional well-being and safety are your responsibility.

• Although we try to keep the classes light-hearted, occasionally, you may experience challenging memories and feelings.

• If you have a history of a mental health condition or other concerns you think may impact your ability to take this course, please contact your healthcare professional to determine if this course is right for you. Your personal contact information may be used if the teacher or facilitator reasonably determines a need to call emergency services on your behalf.

 

Group Safety

• Participants may be removed to ensure that we provide the safest space for our participants and teachers. During the event, if the teachers and facilitators believe you are not participating appropriately, you may be asked to leave the workshop or be removed from it.

• These are some of the reasons for removal:

• Comments intentionally causing discomfort to other participants

• Use of language that can be considered offensive, unkind, aggressive, or threatening.

• Any berating, verbal harassment, and/or abuse to participants and/or instructor(s).

• The removed participant will receive a refund for a per-session prorated cost of tuition.