Dear Reader,

Every morning, my husband grinds his coffee by hand. While grinding away, he chats with my 11-year-old son, who is packing his lunch. He turns on the light to wake up our teenager, walks to the garden to check on the chickens, and gives me a morning kiss.

Grind, grind, grind!

This is a different type of morning grind than most of us experience, and I know you are thinking, “Who has enough time to hand grind their coffee?” Shout out to my husband, who roasts it every Sunday, too (it’s easier than you think).

On the Wise Effort show, we have been tackling the question: How do you want to show up in the time that you have?

In this Wisdom episode with Steven Hayes and Joseph Ciarrochi, we explore our six core, universal yearnings that can guide us toward or away from thriving. My husband’s coffee grinding hits on most, if not all, of them.

1. To belong: we yearn to be seen, connected, part of the group
2. To make sense of the world: we long to understand ourselves and our context
3. To feel deeply: we yearn to feel the full range of human emotions
4. To be oriented: we yearn to be present
5. To have purpose: we yearn to feel like our life matters
6. To develop competence: we yearn to grow and build mastery

In this Real Play with mom of twins, business owner, and author Jenny Schatzle, I demonstrate, in real time, how to use self-compassion and perspective-taking to coach yourself to grow a bolder and more meaningful career.

In this 15-minute Skill Building episode, you’ll learn about three cognitive biases that are wasting your time and how to overcome them with the practice of “Time Flexing.”

In this Wisdom episode with ACT expert Louise Hayes, you’ll explore how to engage your teenager in Discovering, Noticing, Advising, and Valuing (DNA-V) so that they can thrive.

In my wise effort to connect, I've been chatting with some of my favorite podcasters about The Self-Compassion Daily Journal. Upgrade your morning by listening to episodes about self-compassion in athletics, parenting, and life:

• ​Nurturing Self-Compassion With ACT Psychologist Dr. Diana Hill on The Sonya Looney Show
• ​Self-Compassion with Dr. Diana Hill on The Brave Learner Podcast
• ​Self-Compassion for Wise Effort on the Mentally Flexible Podcast

Let’s shift our daily grind. What do you long for? Today, meet some of those longings, no matter what you are doing or how much time you think you have.

More good things to come,

Diana
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