Finding Joy Through Mindfulness & Self-Compassion

Over the next 10 days, you will learn about revolutionary research in neuroscience that shows it is never too late to rewire your brain and change your life. You will be offered a number of powerful practices and tools that science has proven can bring about lasting change including greater clarity, compassion, forgiveness, and joy. This course will deepen connections with yourself, your loved ones and with the larger web of life. Be prepared for unexpected delight.

Leçon 1: What You Practice Grows Stronger

This introductory session lays the foundaiton for the rest of the course. It includes personal story about how Shauna discovered mindfulness as well as a guided practice on setting an intention for this journey.

Leçon 2: The Miracle Of Neuroplasticity

This session explores our miraculous brain and its capacity to change throughout our lifespan. The session concludes with a guided practice.

Leçon 3: Mindfulness: Seeing Clearly

This session focuses on a deeper understanding of what mindfulness truly is. It delves into the three core elements of mindfulness: Intention, Attention, and Attitude. The session concludes with a guided meditation practice.

Leçon 4: Beginning A Meditation Practice

This session focuses on how to begin a formal meditation practice. It includes specific guidelines, common questions, and a guided meditation.

Leçon 5: Self-Compassion: Your Inner Ally

This session focuses on the power of self-compassion. It guides your through a meditation and journal exercise on how to cultivate kindness toward yourself in the face of difficulty.

Leçon 6: Roadblocks To Self-Compassion

This session includes myths about self-compassion and the science that disproves them. It highlights the power of self-compassion not only to comfort us in tough times, but also to help us make important changes in our life. The session ends with a guided self-compassion practice, including the three elements of self-compassion: mindfulness, kindness and common humanity.

Leçon 7: Mindful Decision Making

In this session we learn how to apply mindfulness to decision making, and explore the science behind decision making. The session ends with a guided practice and medtation for facing a challenging decision.

Leçon 8: The Power Of Forgiveness

This session focuses on the power of forgiveness to release the burdens of our past and heal our lives. The session ends with a guided forgiveness meditation for self and others.

Leçon 9: Priming The Mind For Joy

This session dicusses the science behind why happiness is so elusive, delving into the negativity bias and how to overcome it. Three specifcic practices to cultiravte happiness are taught including smiling meditation, gratitude practice and the magical morning question.

Leçon 10: A More Connected And Compassionate World

This session discusses the essential role connection plays in our happiness and our health. It discusses the science of belonging vs loneliness and ends with a powerful practice of lovingkindness meditation.

Reviews

Enjoyed this course a lot. I read Shauna's book, Good Morning I Love You years ago and this course reminded me of the many useful and important "nuggets" I had forgotten about. Will return to this course again in the future.

This was among the most thoughtful, insightful, and helpful courses I have found on Insight Timer. It has reinforced the importance of developing positive habits to retrain the brain and find greater happiness. The sessions were always presented with warmth and kindness. Many thanks.

It was really what I needed. Thank you Voice.

Wow. Life Changing! By far the best Mindfulness training that I have seen for anxiety and trauma.

wonderful course with beautiful examples of why mindfulness and self compassion are important not only for one person but for the world. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and research here, dear Shauna!

I loved this course and the instructor and her beautiful voice. Thank you

Wonderful course. Insightful and inspiring. Already shared with several friends. Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for this beautiful course. You added so much information with your descriptions of research and thoughtful quotes. I appreciated how you touched upon the most important mindfulness practices and I loved your honesty and sharing of yourself. It is clear you are a deep thinker and love these practices and are committed to sharing them. I would have liked a bit more silent time and time in practice for reflection and presence. But I was able to do that after listening to the course and that felt good.

I needed this. There were so many insights I gained about self love and compassion. I will continue to practice these things daily. Thank you for this course, Dr. Shapiro! God Bless You!💕

Excellent course. Well put together. I learned a lot and enjoyed it very much.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. And for having such a beautiful and gentle voice.

Thank You for reminding me of my good heart and my good intentions. Namasté

Very informative

Was very inspirational, I will these “gold nuggets” daily

Short, simple, profoundly important for starting on a. path of self-compassion.

Insightful course to get you started on the math of Mindful awareness with the gentle and essential element of adopting self/compassion

I cannot rate this course highly enough. It was beautiful and So helpful, I found wisdom in ever session and plan to repeat the whole thing to help encode it in my long term memory more. It's not "wishy washy" over simplistic or hard to believe in, but instead it's rooted in science and teaches proven methods of improving our own lives, our own mental health, and hopefully will indirectly improve the lives of all those we meet. I recommend it to everyone!!

May you be Peaceful
May you be Happy
May you be Healthy
May you be filled with Love & Kindness

Thank You for this beautiful teaching.
I really enjoyed it all the way.

Curiosity & Kindness are my gold nuggets for now.

Gratitude
Martine
❤️🙏🏽❤️

♥️beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this piece of gold

The course helped me become more emotionally centered and aware.