Release Your Inner Critic: Self-Compassion for Daily Life

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When: Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:00am - 5:30pm

Where: New York Open Center
22 E. 30th St.
Price: Member $135/Nonmembers $155

Susan Pollak

Everyday life presents myriad challenges, from running late or losing a job to making an embarrassing social faux pas. Self-compassion is one of the most important skills we can bring to ALL of life’s challenges.

In this workshop, you will learn simple yet powerful self-compassion meditation practices that you can practice while walking, taking the subway, at work, or in a relationship, and that will invite more peace and happiness.

Through sharing stories, guided practices, and lively discussion, you’ll learn to respond to your own imperfections like a loving, supportive friend, instead of a harsh critic. No meditation experience required.

A One-Day Workshop

Susan M. Pollak, MTS, EdD, a psychologist, author, and longtime student of meditation and yoga, is cofounder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance and president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. She has been integrating the practices of meditation into psychotherapy since the 1980s. Her newest book is Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself. Coeditor of The Cultural Transition, she is also a contributing author of Mapping the Moral Domain, Evocative Objects, and Mindfulness and Psychotherapy (2nd Edition), and coauthor of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy. She has a private practice in Cambridge, MA.