Self-Compassion Can Help You Cope With Coronavirus
Efforts to stem the spread of covid-19 have changed our daily lives. Woman Worriers host Elizabeth Cush offers some tips on using self-compassion to deal with the array of feelings you might be experiencing.
“Just because other people are struggling more than you doesn’t mean that you’re not struggling, too.”
Show Notes:
Helping to flatten the curve of covid-19 infections has meant making many changes in our day-to-day lives. Maybe you’re struggling with some of those changes, and beating yourself up because you think you should be handling them better. Maybe you’re OK with the changes and feeling guilty because you’re not struggling more. Maybe you feel like you’re not entitled to feel bad because others have it worse. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., talks about the variety of emotional reactions to the pandemic crisis and the importance of finding your way to self-compassion in these troubling times. She also guides you through one of her favorite RAIN meditations to help you process any difficult emotions you might be experiencing so you can feel more grounded and present.
Listen and learn:
Different ways that stress and anxiety might be showing up in your body—or in your sleep
How the current situation might stir up past traumas
How paying attention can reveal how you feel about your feelings and the stories you tell yourself about them
Why you might be feeling very raw right now
Why it’s so easy to feel overwhelmed when you’re staying at home
How social media might be making you feel worse
Why it’s OK—even necessary—to allow yourself to grieve
Why self-compassion is so important right now
What the RAIN acronym stands for and the four steps of a RAIN meditation
What you need to know before you start a RAIN meditation
The powerful benefits of a RAIN meditation
Learn More:
> “That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief” by Scott Berinato in the Harvard Business Review
> “That uncomfortable coronavirus feeling: It could be grief” by Marnie Hunter on CNN
> Tara Brach’s website
> Practice the RAIN meditation with Tara Brach
> Tara Brach’s guided meditations
> The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff
> Woman Worriers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter
> Woman Worriers Group on Facebook
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