Does everything feel like too much these days? Get When Life Sucks: 21 Days of Laughs and Light for free when you join the Tiny Buddha list. “Be gentle with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.” ~Lama Yeshe “Guilty,” admits an offender. “Guilty,” proclaims a jury. Things are pretty black and white in trial verdicts and courtroom pleas (although there are still plea bargains and hung juries, mitigating circumstances and appeals). Life is rarely as cut-and-dried as the criminal justice system. I’ve experienced guilt in different shades of grey—in rational and many irrational ways that bear no … Continue reading When You’re Hard on Yourself: Replace Guilt with Self-Compassion