Episode 153: Compassion is a Powerful Antidote to the Loneliness Epidemic

Episode 153: Compassion is a Powerful Antidote to the Loneliness Epidemic

On today's episode, we explore the theme of compassion and how this powerful heart practice can support us building stronger relationships to self and each other. I get to interview my friend and fellow meditation teacher, Janine Johnston, about her expertise in teaching and practicing Minfulness Self-Compassion work. Janine shares with us the power of the "Self-Compassion Break" and why it is a simple and effective tool to help regulate and "soothe" our nervous systems. Together we explore the various ways we can practice compassion in our personal and professional worlds to help combat the loneliness epidemic in the United States of America. Take a listen to the whole podcast episode and explore how you might bring more compassion into your communities to help combat loneliness.

Listen to a 7-minute Self-Compassion Break meditaion on Centered in the City. Practice for free when you sign up for your 7-day free trial.

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Janine Johnston works with adults, teens and children in empowering a compassionate connection to self. She facilitates courses and one-on-one consultations that help individuals, businesses, organizations (including schools) align around core values. Her company, ARCC: Awareness Resilience Clarity and Compassion is aligned around meeting needs for intra and interpersonal connection, resilience in ever present uncertainty, clarity of vision to grow through challenges, and growing warm awareness through relationship to self, others and experience. She lives in Santa Fe, NM and Corrales, NM with her two teen daughters, enjoys time with her partner and his two teen sons, and has been providing service (in reading and self-compassion) to students with dyslexia and ADHD for the past decade. You can learn more about her at LinkedIn Profile .

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