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It's great to be liked, but not at the expense of our own well-being. Today, Dora shares how to keep our needs in mind when we want to please others.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, we may rely on the knowledge of books, calendars and notes to take on tasks. But today, Dora explains how we already have the tools to make progress in our lives and work.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being busy doesn't always lead to more productivity. Today, Dora talks about how to keep from getting caught up in the busyness of our lives.To hear Sam's episode about the different types of rest, click here!Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-care is important, but what about "community care"? Today, Dora shares how we can help each other and ourselves by reaching out to those closest to us.To start building your own community, here are the links to Eventbrite and Meet Up that Dora mentioned in the episode.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In meditation, it’s in attending to the present moment that we begin to lay the foundation for our future. Dora shares how we can take care of the future with the decisions and choices we make now.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By being fully present in our bodies, we can connect to a greater sense of awareness. Today, Dora shares how being "embodied" can help us know ourselves better.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we start to practice self-compassion, there could be underlying feelings that come to the fore. Today, Dora gives us some tips on how to work with tough emotions that can arise with a newfound self-compassion practice.Submit a question to Dear Headspace here. And if you're interested in learning more about self-compassion, Dora has a great book recommendation here.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the pursuit of wanting more for ourselves, it’s rare that we take time to stop, pause, and reflect on just how far we’ve come along. Today, Dora talks about the importance of recognizing what we've achieved.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It can be hard to imagine a life beyond our fixed perception of what we deserve or what we’ve been given. Today, Dora shares how to broaden our perspective so we can achieve our goals. Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we cook, we don’t try to change ingredients – we simply use what we have been given. Today, Dora shares how we can use a similar philosophy when life doesn't turn out as planned.Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here!Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices