Kind Minds with Tara Cousineau, PhD
by Tara Cousineau
Welcome to the Kind Minds podcast. I’m Dr. Tara Cousineau, a clinical psychologist, meditation teacher, and author of "The Kindness Cure: How The Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World". This podcast is where I share my expertise to help you grow a kind mind, cultivate an open heart, and befriend the inner critic. Consider this a weekly dose of kindfulness, or a compassion break to bring into your daily life.
Episodes
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Episode 16: Setting Boundaries
Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is set a clear personal boundary. Self-kindness requires courage, trust, and faith.
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Episode 15: Empathy is Tricky
Empathy can can hurt and heal. Learn the difference.
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Episode 14: Self-Compassion is Soul-Care
Self-compassion is a skill as much as it is an inner resource. Learn to befriend yourself by taking self-compassion breaks.
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Episode 13: Be a Friend to Yourself
Self-compassion is caring for yourself with the same attention you give to someone you love. Treat yourself like a friend.
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Episode 12: Your Body is a Wise Messenger
Signs of stress are physiological signals to address with curiosity and care. Learn to ride the emotional waves.
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Episode 11: Push the Reset Button
While we wired for stress, we also wired to relax. What can you cultivate in your life to feel more at ease?
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Episode 10: Take Baby Steps
You can recruit your body's natural ability to soothe with some slow deep breaths, gentle sounds, or touch.
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Episode 9: Find Emotional Balance
Emotion regulation is the ability to manage the whole kit and caboodle of human emotions.
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Episode 8: Savor the Blessings
There's a reason to stop and smell the roses. Pay attention to the details so you don't miss out on the ordinary delights in your world.
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Episode 7: Create Upward Spirals
Don't dismiss the platitudes. Kind acts are indeed infectious. They spread good will like a happy virus. What can you spark today?
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Episode 6: Tuck Yourself in with Loving-kindness
If we don't include ourselves in cultivating compassion, we skip over the one who needs our enduring love. Self-kindness matters, too.
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Episode 5: Loving-kindness Expands Connection
See how a loving-kindness practice can expand connection to others, even toward those you may find difficult.
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Episode 4: Begin To Rekindle Kindness With Others
Finding connection with others can be challenging. It helps to remember the kind moments and keep the goodwill alive.
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Episode 1: Love in Action
Welcome to the first episode of Kind Minds, a series of short tips on creating compassion for yourself and others. Today, we begin with ways to actively engage in the world with more ease and kindness.
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Episode 2: What is Kindfulness?
Waking up to loving awareness is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself and for others. It begins by taking a sacred pause. Here's how.
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Episode 3: Kindness is Your Natural State
We are wired to care. It's in our DNA. But it may not seem like the world is a very kind place. Like anything, we all need to practice.
About this show
Welcome to the Kind Minds podcast. I’m Dr. Tara Cousineau, a clinical psychologist, meditation teacher, and author of "The Kindness Cure: How The Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World". This podcast is where I share my expertise to help you grow a kind mind, cultivate an open heart, and befriend the inner critic. Consider this a weekly dose of kindfulness, or a compassion break to bring into your daily life.
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