Resources
Loving Kindness Resources
Loving Kindness Meditation, also known as Metta, or Maitrī Meditation; is a practice about cultivating love, and applying it as a life-changing force.
According to Sharon Salzberg, loving kindness meditation is a timeless method for unlocking your heart’s immense healing resources. At first the practitioner is targeting “oneself, then loved ones, neutral ones, difficult ones and finally all beings, with variations across traditions.
Additional information about loving kindness by Jack Kornfield
https://jackkornfield.com/meditation-lovingkindness/
Brief Video Overview of the concept of Loving Kindness by Pema Chodron, approximately 5min
https://youtu.be/7s-rRMUl04I
LOVING KINDNESS GUIDED MEDITATION RECORDINGS
Tara Brach's shorter Loving Kindness Guided Meditation: Metta - approximately 12min - audio
https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-meditation-metta-lovingkindness/
Meditation for Metta Compassion Focused Therapy, this is a field recording from a training with Dr. Dennis Tirch - approximately 16min - audio
https://soundcloud.com/dennis-tirch-phd/metta-for-cft
If you don't have much time but want to practice this exercise, below are some Loving Kindness phrases, take a few breaths and repeat to yourself.
May I be Safe
May I be Happy
May I be Healthy
May I know Peace
May I know I am Not Alone
May You be Safe
May You be Happy
May You be Healthy
May You know Peace
May You know You are Not Alone
Variations include
May I feel Safe
May I feel Content
May I feel Strong
May I live with ease
Free Guided Meditations
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center - Multi-Language
https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/marc/free-guided-meditations/guided-meditations
Tara Brach's Guided Meditations
https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-meditations/
The Compassionate Mind Foundation Guided Meditations
https://www.compassionatemind.co.uk/resource/audio
Books
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Flourish by Dr. Martin Seligman
Mindful Compassion by Dr. Paul Gilbert & Choden
Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron
Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
Finding your North Star by Martha Beck
Getting things Done by David Allen
Videos
Lisa Feldman Barrett - You Aren’t at the Mercy of Your Emotions - Your Brain Creates Them
Shirzad Chamine - Know Your Inner Saboteurs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zdJ1ubvoXs
Kristen Neff - The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4
Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en
Carol Dweck - The Power of Believing That You Can improve
https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en
Esther Perel - The Secret to Desire in A Long-Term Relationship
https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship
Links to Surveys & Articles
VIA Character Strengths Survey - Get to Know Your Greatest Strengths
https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register
What is your Attachment Style - Attachment Styles and Close Relationships
https://www.web-research-design.net/cgi-bin/crq/crq.pl
Four Styles of Adult Attachment
https://www.evergreenpsychotherapycenter.com/styles-adult-attachment/
RAIN - Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture by Tara Brach
https://www.tarabrach.com/rain/#rainchange
Four Great Gratitude Strategies
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_great_gratitude_strategies