Unlocking the Power Within: How Self-Compassion Transforms Lives with Gissele Taraba

My guest today is Gissele Taraba. Gissele Taraba (She/Her) is a TedX speaker, podcaster, author, researcher, and entrepreneur. She was born in Lima, Peru and has been living in Canada for over 30 years. She has a double Masters, one in Epidemiology and another one in Social Work. Gissele has worked in the not-for-profit field in leadership for over 14 years and is a mother of two beautiful children. She is also co-owner of the Maitri Centre and is the host of the Love and Compassion podcast with Gissele where she speaks to people about the transformative power of self-compassion and self-kindness. She recently published her first book, Reimagining Work: from suffering at work to creating a more loving, compassionate, abundant and spiritually aligned life to help others live the life of their dreams. In her book, she discusses how we can transform the world of work into something we all want to do on Monday morning.  Her new book, Reimagining Education, will focus on why the current education system is failing our children. In this episode we discuss self-compassion, self-kindness, healing and self-trust.

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In this episode you will learn:

1. How relaxation through breath and movement can help create the space needed for self-compassion and healing.

2. That when we operate from a place of love it allows for openness, healing and progress.

3. A self-compassion practice you can use to help when experiencing moments of self-doubt or high pressure situations.

 

“I sort of have a definition of compassion that's different from what's out there. And my definition really is allowing all things to be without judgment.” - 00:11:27

“Self-love comes from within. It is an overflowing love that happens. And in fact, you stop needing things from other people. You don't need them to be any specific way because you've tapped into your own inner fountain of love." 00:34:36

“Love has the power to transform and has the power to transform an enemy into a friend and that it is the solution that we're looking for if we have the courage to do it.” 01:25:46

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