Improve your communication skills with this guide to practicing active listening and showing empathy, helping you connect better with those around you.
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Developing Empathy
Struggle to see why someone acted or felt a certain way? The truth is that we all think differently. Empathy is like standing in someone else’s shoes to understand and share their feelings.
“Us” All “Thems”
Embrace shared humanity to transform your relationships and create a more compassionate community for you and your family.
Activities to Help You Manage Conflict
Navigate conflict with more empathy and understanding with these realistic strategies you and your co-parent can practice.
The 7th-Breath Forehead Connection Exercise
Use this mindful breathing exercise to sync up with your partner.
5-Minute Radical Generosity Visualization
Bring a sense of gratitude to your relationship with this quick guided meditation by Nate and Kaley Klemp, helping you reconnect with your partner. With time we might find ourselves drifting apart from our partners. We might miss an opportunity to let our...
5 Rituals to Reconnect in Your Relationships
Incorporate these simple practices to strengthen your relationship with your partner (even as a busy parent).
How You Can Use the Nonviolent Communication Process
Use this cheat sheet by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg to have better conversations with those around you about tough topics. If you found this resource helpful, consider support the Center for Nonviolent Communication here.
How To Be Good Partners in Parenting
Explore how to (actually) be a good partner and build a united front as parents, leading to more harmony at home.
5 Keys to Settling Marital Conflict
Learn and implement 5 key strategies to resolve disagreements with your partner, ensuring a more cooperative home environment.
Empathy: A Key Relationship Skill
Discover how building empathy for your partner can strengthen your relationship and serve as the foundation for a connected family.
Finding Common Ground
Get on the same team using these techniques that foster mutual understanding and compromise.
The Compassionate Friend Visualization
Cultivate self-compassion by imagining how a close friend would respond to your struggles.
Half-Smiling: A Mindfulness Meditation
Signal to your brain that you’re open to feelings of peace and acceptance with this meditation that is centered around the power of the half-smile.
Self-Compassion Questionnaire
Evaluate your current level of self-compassion and discover areas where you can show yourself more kindness and understanding.
Random Acts of Kindness
Discover simple ways to spread joy and improve your own well-being by brightening someone else’s day.
5-Minute Self-Compassion Break
Offer yourself the kindness and understanding you need to get through challenging situations with this quick guided self-compassion meditation.
Empathy: How to Feel and Respond to the Emotions of Others
Learn how to develop and express empathy in your parenting and relationships.
The Art of Nurturing Empathy Without Losing Yourself
Get insight on how to navigate emotional connections casting aside your own needs and emotions.
Drop the “Shoulds”
Learn to recognize and release the pressures of the “shoulds” in your life to parent from a more present and compassionate place.
13 Ways to Heal From Being an Unloved Child
Heal your lack of love during childhood to build a more compassionate relationship with yourself and your children.
From Grace to Growth: How Parental Self-Compassion Nurtures Children’s Emotional Balance
Dive into the research behind how showing yourself grace and kindness as a parent can create an emotionally balanced home, setting your children up for long-term emotional resilience.
Positive Parenting: See Things Through Their Eyes
Help your kids feel seen and heard by gaining a better understanding of life through their perspective.
Simple Ways to Show Your Child You Love Them
Develop a deep, loving bond with your child by practicing small acts of compassion.
How Being Unloved in Childhood May Affect You as an Adult
Explore how the long-term effects of growing up without love and support affect your personal and parenting lives, helping you break this cycle and ensure you provide the emotional presence and support your children need.
Nurturing Compassion: A Guide to Becoming Compassionate Parents
Discover ways to nurture compassion not only in your kids but also in yourself as a parent.
Compassionate Parenting Promotes Generosity in Kids
See how modeling empathy, compassion, and understanding helps your children learn to approach others with the same generous spirit.
The 5 Steps of Compassionate Detachment
Learn to practice compassion while protecting your own emotional well-being, helping you love without disregarding yourself.
Compassionate Hand
Soothe yourself in challenging moments with this mindfulness activity that focuses on harnessing the power of physical touch.
Write a Letter of Self-Compassion
Shift your mindset from self-judgment to self-compassion by writing yourself a letter from the perspective of someone who cares about you.
“How Would You Treat a Friend?” Writing Exercise
Develop a more compassionate inner dialogue by reflecting on how you would treat a friend in the same situation.