….for it is one of the most potent healing forces known to humankind. To fall in love with you exactly as you are, is where true and lasting healing happens, affects not only yourself, but also your friends, loved ones, and the world. This course explores how you became disconnected from your own heart and the pathway back to meeting yourself with compassion and kindness, so you can know the joy of being authentically you.
Week 1: Our Deepest Longing
We will explore that in all our searching for love, the person that we most deeply long to receive love from is ourselves. Yet we rarely have access to our hearts and all the joy, wisdom, clarity, and love they embody. We will then look at the beliefs that keep us locked out of our own hearts.
Week 2: How Did We Get So Far Away
We will look at why we had to close our hearts, recognizing we were all wounded by life when we were young. In order to survive, we had to lock huge parts of ourselves out of our hearts, cutting us off from the authenticity and joy of simply being ourselves. We will then begin to discover how to use these wounds to heal ourselves from the inside out.
Week 3: Becoming Your Own Best Friend
We will start exploring the pathway of becoming your own best friend, being inspired by the research that shows self-compassion will transform your life. We will also look at how we can open the locked doors of our hearts.
Week 4: Our Mean Inner Critic
We will investigate the inner critic we all took on and discover how to avoid being seduced into its oftentimes subtle but sometimes cruel and debilitating world. We will then explore how to use forgiveness in a new and radical way so it can lighten your load.
Week 5: Our Addiction to Judgment
We will delve into the truth that we are addicted to judging others and we are the ones who pay the price! Step-by-step we will explore how to unhook from this addiction and how to take care of ourselves without judging others.
Week 6: The Magic of Mindfulness
Together we will discover the magic of mindfulness, the art of having your attention and your immediate experience come together. Rather than just thinking about our lives, we will use our attention to transform our struggles back into free-flowing aliveness and joy that is our birthright.
Week 7: Your Heart and The Hard Places
With great heart, we will look at how we have been trained to be with the most vulnerable and hurting parts of ourselves in truly unmerciful ways. We will then look at how we can give these disowned parts of ourselves the healing balm of our hearts so they can be set free.
Week 8: Healing the World
You are being gifted with this journey back to your heart, not only for yourself but for all beings who live on this beautiful planet we call home. As you transform your relationship with you, you become a healing presence in the world, touching everyone with the wisdom and nourishment of your heart.