"I wish I knew the beauty of leaves falling. To whom are we beautiful as we go?"

Jeffers

Autumn is a time of transition and this makes the experience of autumn bittersweet for many.

During times of transition, self-compassion practices become even more important. This means treating ourselves with the same kindness, care, and understanding that we’d offer a dear friend during times of difficulty or change. 

Self-compassion has three core components:

self-kindness,

common humanity,

and mindfulness.

Self-Kindness

Self-kindness involves treating ourselves like a dear friend.

Common Humanity

Common humanity is the recognition that suffering is part of the shared human experience—something we all go through.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness asks to stay present with what we are experiencing. We stay with the calm, the pain, the joy, the fear, the curiosity that we feel w