Sympathetic joy, or mudita, means being able to feel happiness in the circumstances, accomplishments, gifts, and good qualities of others….. Sympathetic joy is the antidote to feelings of inadequacy and, importantly, to emotions that block your ability to feel compassion, such as jealousy, envy, resentment, hatred, and boredom. –Janetti Marotta…
Read my full interview with Author A. R. Silverberry where we discuss the inspiration for my book 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem, Buddhist practices and other topics here: 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem with Dr. Janetti Marotta
Gratitude is the acknowledgment of appreciation; the ability to notice what’s right, regardless. It frees you from clinging to what you want, avoiding what you don’t want, or being indifferent to what there is. With gratitude, you can recognize and engage in the wonder of life. –Janetti Marotta in 50…
Loving-kindness means having intentions of well-wishing and the capacity to bring joy and happiness to yourself and others. When you wish yourself well, you’re able to better hold difficult emotions. You “re-mind” yourself that you’re already whole and complete and worthy of giving and receiving love. –Janetti Marotta in 50…
Self-compassion means caring for yourself in the same way you would care for someone you love….When you allow self-compassion to flow, such emotions as hatred, anger, and resentment wash away. –Janetti Marotta in 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem From Our Place of Power From our place of power The wind…
Equanimity is the spaciousness of a still and balanced mind, a mind that can weather life’s ups and downs. With the balance of equanimity, you can “be with” what is, without trying to change it to fit your needs and expectations. –Janetti Marotta in 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem “Yes!”…
Openness is a wide, receptive, accepting state, a state that can contain all things. It’s free from self-effort and agendas and allows all emotions to be present, making room for options to emerge and compassion to arise. –Janetti Marotta in 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem The Space Between There are…
When you cultivate the qualities for mindful self-esteem, you plant the seed of trust. Start by recognizing when doubt is occurring. Pay attention to bodily tension or tightness; if you’re thinking comes more through concepts and constructs than by your direct experience and your own inner wisdom; and if there’s…
Trust as self-reliance means trusting yourself and your feelings rather than looking outside yourself for what’s true. It means honoring and taking full personal responsibility for your feelings and intuitions and having the willingness to make mistakes along the way. It means believing in your inner wisdom. When you operate…
When you cultivate the qualities for mindful self-esteem, you plant the seed of patience. Start by recognizing when impatience is occurring. Get to know it. Pay attention to how you’re holding impatience in your body such as fidgeting, tensing your shoulders, or clenching your jaw; if you’re thinking you should…
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