Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy

“Let me fall if I must fall. The one I will become will catch me,”

• Self-compassion is a powerful ally.

Mindfulness reconnects us with our intention — with what is most important. It returns our attention to the present moment. And it helps us see clearly with an attitude of kindness and curiosity, instead of judgment and shame.

the most important thing is simply to remember the most important thing.

Mindfulness awakens us to life — not just the challenges, but also the boundless beauty.

Perfection isn’t possible, but transformation is.

Can I relax 5 percent more? Trust 5 percent more?” And if 5 percent feels like too much: “Can I do 1 percent?”

Perfection isn’t possible, but transformation is.

We must change our mind-set from one of self-improvement to one of self-liberation. Self-liberation means freedom from our limiting beliefs, our misguided idea that there is something wrong with us that needs to be “fixed.” Our constant attempts to “get it right” and to be “perfect” leave us in a state of exhaustion, never resting in the present mo