“In the beginning people go ‘Wow! My mind is really crazy. I can’t meditate because my mind is really crazy.’ And it’s not that those thoughts didn’t exist before, it’s just that this is the first time you’ve heard them, and they are really strong and have a lot of physical hold on the body.”
– Wendy Nash
Wendy Nash has a 4-year somatic psychotherapy diploma, her Bachelor of Psychology Honors thesis studied the effects of loving-kindness meditation on prosocial behavior and she’s been practicing loving-kindness and other meditations for almost 20 years.
We cover:
- Wendy's journey to become a meditation coach
- how meditation helped Wendy overcome anger
- the difference between a gratitude practise and the practise of graceful acknowledgement of kindnesses
- acknowledging anger - and other difficult emotions - in order to release them
- communication - the good, the bad and the ugly!
- how to start an effective conversation with anyone, anywhere - yes even your difficult teen!
- benefits of meditation
- how to meditate without adding meditation to your to-do list
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About Wendy
Wendy Nash has a 4-year somatic psychotherapy diploma, her Bachelor of Psychology Honors thesis studied the effects of loving-kindness meditation on prosocial behavior and she’s been practicing loving-kindness and other meditations for almost 20 years.
All of these have been profoundly positive on her wellbeing and relationships, and turned around the negatives of difficult early life experiences.
Formal qualifications:
- BPsych with an honors thesis studying the effect of lovingkindness meditation (LKM) on prosocial behavior based on Tajfel's Social Identity Theory and Fredrickson's research into LKM.
- 4-year diploma of somatic psychotherapy
- Currently studying a 2-year diploma of Mindfulness & Compassion meditation teacher training through the Insight Meditation Institute.
Informal work:
- 20 years of meditation practices in different traditions and countries, mostly focused on lovingkindness but also insight (vipassana) because kindness has shown to be the key to mindfulness's efficacy and it's this that leads to better relationships and wellbeing.
- Personal psychotherapy to understand myself and others more clearly.
- Strong engagement with understanding what narcissism is, when it causes problems, when it's useful and how we can integrate the unhelpful bits, and why we all have an ego (even fully enlightened people have an ego!).
- Communication skills, especially how to listen deeply and pay heed to question syntax.
You can find Wendy at www.kindlycutthecrap.com
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