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43 results (expanded search) for "compass"
Professional
Compassion Fatigue Check
If in helping work, answer 5 monthly questions revealing compassion fatigue.
Psychological
Inner Critic vs Compassionate Voice Journal
Log what your inner critic says one day — rewrite in compassionate voice.
Psychological
Daily Values Compass
Morning: pick one value to live today. Evening: rate yourself.
Psychological
Ten-Values Compass
Identify the living values you want guiding behavior across ten life domains.
Psychological
Self-Compassion Friend Letter
Write what your dearest friend would say in your worst moment.
Social
Self-Compassion Break
In suffering, apply Neff's 3 steps: acknowledge, common humanity, self-kindness.
Psychological
Compassionate Self-Talk
Imagine a friend in the same situation — what would you tell them? Tell yourself.
Psychological
Self-Compassion Break
Three sentences in a moment of suffering: this is pain, I'm not alone, let me be kind to me.
Psychological
Self-Compassion Mantras
3 short phrases to memorize for self-collapse moments.
Professional
Self-Compassion Break
On failure, 3 sentences: "this is suffering. Suffering is human. I treat self kindly".
Psychological
What Truly Matters?
Ask yourself the single question that distinguishes real decisions from distractors.
Psychological
Loving-Kindness for Self
Repeat 4 wishes to yourself sincerely: peace, health, happiness, kindness.
Psychological
Loving-Kindness (Metta)
Wish well for self, beloved, neutral, difficult, world.
Professional
BHAG Vision
Set ONE Big Hairy Audacious Goal for next 10-15 years that drives daily decisions.
Professional
Annual Theme
Instead of New Year resolutions, pick one "theme" (year of health, year of depth...).
Psychological
Willingness to Hold Discomfort
Open your hand to uncomfortable feelings instead of clenching — and watch them soften.
Psychological
Five-Sense Self-Soothe
Use every sense deliberately to soothe your nervous system.
Psychological
RAIN Meditation
Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture — four steps to heal a hard emotion.
Psychological
Common Humanity Reflection
In your suffering, recall that millions live similarly now — you're not alone.
Psychological
Naming Suffering with Kindness
Name what you suffer with calm language — no exaggeration or minimizing.
Psychological
Three-Word Year Theme
Pick 3 words for next year — focuses decisions.
Social
Silent Loving-Kindness for a Difficult Person
Silently repeat four well-wishes toward a person who upsets you, even if you do not feel it at first.
Social
Listening Without Solving
When he complains, don't solve — listen, empathize, ask "what do you need from me?".
Social
Empathic Frame
Starting assumption: "people do their best with what they have".
Social
Humanize Adversary
Think of someone you disagree with: imagine childhood, pains, dreams.
Social
Listen Without Fixing
Don't try to "fix" friend's feelings — be a well that holds, not a tissue that wipes.
Parenting
The Parenting Journal
A private journal where you log daily three notes: what I did well, what I regret, what I learned.
Parenting
Releasing Comparison With Other Parents and Kids
Your child's journey isn't a race against the neighbors' kids — practice cutting the comparison thread at its root.
Parenting
Identity Emerging Pre-Teen
Don't "fix" your 10-12's identity — it's forming, you watch, you don't carve.
Parenting
Identity vs Role Confusion (Erikson)
Sign your teen a safe space to try different "identities" without your fixing them by verdict.
Parenting
Reassuring the Late Bloomer
If teen matures "late" (physically, socially, academically), shield from shame. Tempo differs.
Parenting
Sensory Regulation (Ayres)
Daily sensory protocol (weight, movement, deep pressure) reduces SPD child meltdowns.
Parenting
Neurodivergent Strengths (Armstrong)
Instead of "fixing" ADHD/autism/dyslexia deficits, daily show your child the strengths of his different brain.
Parenting
Balancing the Special-Needs Sibling
Don't let the "typical sibling" silently sacrifice. Give him "special time" equal to his sibling's.
Parenting
Co-Regulation Before Correction
When child melts down, step one = your own 4 breaths. You can't calm someone you're igniting with.
Parenting
Parental Burnout (Mikolajczak)
Parental burnout isn't a myth. Three core symptoms, four steps to survive before collapse.
Parenting
Repair After Rupture (Becky Kennedy)
Yelled at your child? Repair within 24h with 4 sentences rescues relationship more than "never yelling."
Parenting
Parent Time-Out, Not Child's (Faber)
When you blow up, give yourself a time-out before giving one to your child. Benefits all.
Parenting
Inherited Parenting Audit
A 20-question list about your childhood helps you understand why you parent a certain way — and how to choose otherwise.
Psychological
Self-Energy Meeting
Beneath noisy parts is a calm curious compassionate "Self" — meet it.
Psychological
Exile Unburdening
Most painful parts were exiled — freeing them needs long compassion.
Professional
GTD Weekly Review
A 60-minute weekly session that empties every open loop from your mind and resets your compass for next week.
Professional
Personal Mission Statement
Write 50-word mission describing your life calling, read every morning.