The Mindful Self

07/10/2026

Here is the latest blog by The Mindful Self’s Sofia Aziz. Enjoy and feel free to share:

The Mindful Self is a center for psychotherapy using safe and effective, state of the art techniques to help the client to reduce stress, heal from trauma, overcome obstacles, feel empowered, make positive changes and be their best self.

06/13/2026

The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is a six-week live online course that teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.

Session 1: What is Self-Compassion?

Session 2: Challenges to Practicing Self-Compassion

Session 3: Discovering your Compassionate Voice

Session 4: Self-Compassion and Resilience

Session 5: Self-Compassion and Others

Session 6: Embracing Your Life

Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors. Every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life.

♥️ JOIN ME:

📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi,LCSW

Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.

Register: https://vist.ly/575zq

05/18/2026

Join me this summer for the next cohort of the groundbreaking program, 8-week Self-Compassion for Shame course. We will take a unique non-pathological look at shame through the eyes of self-compassion and discover how self-compassion is the antidote to shame.

🍃What would happen if you were able to care for yourself when you felt shame, rather than being immobilized by fear, attacking yourself, or zoning out?

🍃How would your life be different if you could meet shame with compassion and stay connected, think in a balance way, and make wise, healthy choices?

🌟Fridays starting June 05th through July 31st, off July 3rd
🌟11-12:30pm central or 9-11:30am
🌟Investment: $495. Discount of $150 off until May 21! Scholarship available.
🌟Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtm5w02SH7nAOZmbHWJNZoXgZbizEaOSJZXAr2DqQBd8KC_g/viewform

02/09/2026

Self-Compassion!

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02/02/2026

Halfway love feels like a situationship. Just enough to keep you, never enough to choose you. And slowly, that kind of love breaks you.

Gratitude to .t and hollywarbs jingzhiyong for this beautiful post I shared. ♥️

12/14/2025

Feeling deeply grateful and honored to have co-lead the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC)’s annual year-end retreat where we had participants from 106 COUNTRIES!! I think this may have been a record for me!

This was extra special as it was also the death anniversary of my favorite poet, Rumi.
Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi was a 13th century Sufi poet and mystic who inspired the well known Whirling Dervishes who have transformed physical meditation into a true art form using poetry, music, dance, and singing into an Awakening.

Poetry is a huge part of who I am, my being, my soul. Especially poetry combined with music can shift us to another dimension of resonance and transformation.

With this inspiration, I lead a talk on Inter-being and a Somatic Gratitude practice bringing together the elements of nature, embodiment, poetry and the teaching of Rumi.

12/09/2025

Join me this Saturday for a FREE 3-hour Year-End Renewal Retreat, Resting in Compassion, Joy & Community. We have a wonderful line of teachers such as Dr. Chris Germer who is the co-developer of the MSC and SCS program and bestselling author of Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout and The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. Here is the information:

Saturday 12/13/25 10-1pm central or 8-11am pacific

1. Chris Germer
2. Laila Narsi
3. David Teitelman

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5BYGExO4sGlfAz3ntFKEOYgOTY6LCuvu1mjZ8XzhauHkviQ/viewform

Or click in my bio to register and get more details.

See then!!

12/05/2025

It’s so easy for the mind to lock onto what went wrong: grades, social media, inner-critic, criticism from others,…

Self-Compassion is not about pretending those things do not hurt. It is about noticing your pain, responding with kindness instead of criticism, and remembering you are not the only one who feels this way.

In this post, you will find 3 simple ways to use gratitude to support your self-compassion practice without forcing yourself to be positive all the time.

Swipe through and see which practice feels most helpful for you today.

Special thanks to .bluth for graphics and content

11/19/2025

I’m honored to be invited by the University of Houston to teach a 4-part series on Trauma and Dissociation to the Graduate College of Social Workers. This is a great learning opportunity not only those in academia but also professionals, students, those that suffer from trauma and dissociation or if you are simply curious.

I’ll be covering the following workshop topics:

✨ Trauma & Dissociation:Introduction to Working with Adults on October 03, 2025 from 9-12pm central

✨ Understanding Shame and Self-Compassion on November 20, 2025 from 9-12pm central

✨ Assessment and Treatment Interventions with Adults on February 06, 2026 from 9-12pm central

✨ Building Resilience and Prevention Burnout for Professionals on April 17, 2026 from 9-12pm

During each workshop, you’ll be learning about the latest research, assessment, building skills, intervention, as well as experiential practices that you can share with clients or use for yourself.

To register, simply visit my website at themindfulself.com