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Welcome to the HeartWorks blog

We're glad you dropped in. This is a space for seekers looking for that missing piece: The piece that bridges head and heart, where we remember to stop and ask the question, “What do I need right now?” and then, “So which tool do I use to do that?” Don't be surprised if you find yourself realizing, “Oh, you feel that too?”
Love notes from us to you.
Somatic Awareness Journaling: A simple daily practice to reconnect with your body

Somatic Awareness Journaling: …

July 5, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Skillfully Releasing Pent-Up Energy Through Emergent Somatic Expression

Skillfully Releasing Pent-Up …

June 28, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Caretaking our Beloveds, Shame, Injured Instincts and a Strategy

Caretaking our Beloveds, …

June 21, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Landing Compassionately After Going on Vacation

Landing Compassionately After …

June 7, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Why Your Neurochemicals are Giving you Resting Bitch Face in the Morning

Why Your Neurochemicals are …

May 31, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

The Feminine and the Masculine in Mindful Self-Compassion

The Feminine and the Masculine …

May 24, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Equanimity: Boring or Embracing?

Equanimity: Boring or Embracing?

May 10, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Should You Go On Silent Retreat?

Should You Go On Silent Retreat?

May 3, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

A Remedy for Rumination

A Remedy for Rumination

April 26, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Shame, Freedom & Social Justice

Shame, Freedom & Social …

April 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Practice as a Life Raft in a Sea of Emotions

Practice as a Life Raft in a …

April 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Coming Home to Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Coming Home to Mindfulness and …

April 16, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

The Neurochemistry Behind Our Meditation Practice

The Neurochemistry Behind Our …

April 15, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

Re-Parenting Ourselves

Re-Parenting Ourselves

April 4, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

HeartWorks Step-by-Step Approach to Support, Study and Practice

HeartWorks Step-by-Step …

March 10, 2017 by Kristy Arbon

A Day of Getting Small Sh*t Done: 10 things I did to simplify my life

A Day of Getting Small Sh*t …

November 19, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Practicing Giving Ourselves What We Need

Practicing Giving Ourselves …

November 12, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Word Meditation

Word Meditation

October 29, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

How On Earth Do I Meditate? Part 2: Open Awareness

How On Earth Do I Meditate? …

October 22, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

There Is Only Love and Fear: Workplace learnings from Leunig

There Is Only Love and Fear: …

October 8, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

How On Earth Do I Meditate? Part 1: Anchoring awareness

How On Earth Do I Meditate? …

October 1, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Easefully Scheduling Meditation: Making sure it happens!

Easefully Scheduling …

September 19, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Supporting Your Practice Through Keeping a Meditation Journal

Supporting Your Practice …

September 12, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

What do I need and how can I give it to myself? A women’s self-compassion retreat.

What do I need and how can I …

August 31, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

The Trouble with Embodiment: Pros, cons and what to do

The Trouble with Embodiment: …

August 11, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Stumbling Toward Leadership: Lessons in humility, shame resilience and self-compassion

Stumbling Toward Leadership: …

July 5, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

On Workplace Sisterhood: Striving, disillusionment and faith in true acceptance

On Workplace Sisterhood: …

June 26, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Introducing the Spirit of Self-Compassion

Introducing the Spirit of …

June 10, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Estrogen, mindfulness, shame and not abandoning myself

Estrogen, mindfulness, shame …

June 9, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Meeting the Fear of Pursuing Core Values: Some strategies

Meeting the Fear of Pursuing …

June 6, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

The Default Mode Network gets a bad wrap

The Default Mode Network gets …

May 21, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Sending in a child to do a woman’s work: Resistance, backdraft and strong woman parts

Sending in a child to do a …

April 19, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Evolution of an inner critic (with her trusty side-kick, shame)

Evolution of an inner critic …

April 5, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

Self-Compassion and Relationships

Self-Compassion and Relationships

March 27, 2016 by Kristy Arbon

A loving-kindness wish for world peace

A loving-kindness wish for …

November 11, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Cold and Teary, Well-fed and Connected at Vallecitos Mountain Ranch: A felt sense of common humanity

Cold and Teary, Well-fed and …

November 2, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Opening and Closing: The law of emotional expansion and contraction

Opening and Closing: The law …

October 17, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Responding to Injustice

Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, …

October 4, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

A lullaby for the fully-lived broken-hearted

A lullaby for the fully-lived …

September 24, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Angry Dance: Letting my body have its reaction

Angry Dance: Letting my body …

September 20, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Is It Equanimity or Dissociation? Part 2: Exploring Dissociation

Is It Equanimity or …

September 10, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Is It Equanimity or Dissociation? Part 1: Exploring Equanimity.

Is It Equanimity or …

September 6, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

What Would Auntie Rosemary Do? Learning Through Embodiment

What Would Auntie Rosemary Do? …

August 10, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

A Child Waits Over the Ocean

A Child Waits Over the Ocean

August 9, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Permission To Not Sleep

Permission To Not Sleep

July 15, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Meeting Unmet Needs: The Courage to Self-Soothe

Meeting Unmet Needs: The …

July 7, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

10 Tips for Self-Compassionate Air Travel

10 Tips for Self-Compassionate …

June 29, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

The Book of the World in an Episode of Shame

The Book of the World in an …

June 19, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Remembering to be frightened: How our brains are not wired to keep us happy

Remembering to be frightened: …

June 8, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Check Energy Drains

Check Energy Drains

May 28, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Welcome to HeartWorks.

March 26, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

Women who fall over

Women who fall over

February 5, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

A painted tiger called Shame

A painted tiger called Shame

January 9, 2015 by Kristy Arbon

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