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Compassion fatigue is real—but so is your tenderness

boundaries empathy healing mindfulness Apr 17, 2025

Last week, I wrote about centering—the practice of coming back to yourself before reacting to the noise and emotional intensity of the world. I’m still imperfectly practicing centering myself first thing in the morning before checking my phone. 😬

This week, I want to talk about the second word and step in the trio that keeps circling in my heart around where to put our energy and focus right now.

✨ Compassion.✨

And to be honest, I’ve been wrestling with this one.

Compassion is a deep awaren...