A talk by Wes Nisker on the topic “You Are Not Your Fault.” Wes explains that our existence is no accident, that we are all part of an intricate nature.
A note from Sean
I like to ask which parts of ourselves are hard to accept, and what that resistance feels like. Then a smaller question: what would it feel like to accept ourselves two percent more? How might I be in this world if I knew that, beneath the facades and fears, everyone actually loved me?
Try this today. Step to a window or outside for one minute. Look at something alive, a tree, a cloud, a bird. Feel your feet. You are part of the same living world. Then name one thing you have been blaming yourself for, and breathe out slowly once.
Keep going: Mindfulness of Shame and Self Compassion Break Worksheet.
This suits anyone who carries blame, earned or not. If guilt or grief comes up, go gently. Stop when you need to.
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