Compassionate Strength™ Practice

  • Modern life can feel full, fast, and constantly demanding of our attention. Compassionate Strength™ is a gentle daily practice that helps you grow from Kind, Kinder, to Kindest in how you meet yourself and others.

    KIND

    Do you keep going even when you feel tired or overwhelmed?
    Do you struggle to pause without feeling you should be doing something else?
    Do you often push through tiredness or stress before recognising what you need?

    Self-kindness helps you notice what you need before you push past it.

    KINDER

    Do you move quickly from one thing to the next without fully arriving in the moment?
    Do parts of your day pass by without you really noticing them?
    Do you find it hard to stay with one moment, thought, or conversation for long?

    Mindfulness helps you notice when your attention has drifted and gently return.

    KINDEST

    Do you sometimes respond before you’ve had space to fully process what you feel?
    Do you notice yourself physically present, but mentally somewhere else?
    Do you wish you could meet yourself and others with more calm, care, or patience in difficult moments?

    Compassionate Strength™ helps you notice, pause and respond with more care in everyday life.

The Practice

Each guided pathway Kind, Kinder, Kindest™ is a progression towards compassionate strength over time with just 10 minutes a day.

Kind

A kind way to begin.

  • Daily Care

    Around 10 mins per day • 8 weeks • self-guided

    Self-kindness is the practice of being kind and caring toward yourself, as you would for a good friend, even when things feel hard.

    Supported by:

    • Weekly self-kindness practice

    • Daily practice journal for self-reflection

    Weekly Themes:

    • Weeks 1 — Intention
      Weeks 2–4 — Care
      Weeks 5–8 — Self-kindness

    Also includes:

    • Monthly Living Gently Club (online book gatherings)

Kinder

A kinder way to be present.

  • Daily Awareness

    Around 10 mins per day • 8 weeks • self-guided

    Mindful awareness is the practice of paying kinder attention to the present moment with openness and without judgement.

    Supported by:

    • Weekly mindfulness practice

    • Daily practice journal for self-reflection

    • Weekly online responses to questions

    Weekly Themes:

    • Weeks 9 — Noticing
      Weeks 10–12 — Understanding
      Weeks 13–16 — Mindfulness

    Also includes:

    • Monthly Living Gently Club (online book gatherings)

Kindest

The kindest way to be.

  • Daily Connection

    Around 10 mins per day • 8 weeks • self-guided

    Compassionate Strength™ is a lived practice of relating to yourself, others, and the world around you with care, presence and connection in everyday life.

    Supported by:

    • Weekly compassionate strength practice

    • Daily practice journal for self-reflection

    • Weekly online responses to questions

    Weekly Themes:

    • Weeks 17 — Aligning
      Weeks 18–20 — Connecting
      Weeks 21–24 — Compassionate Strength

    Also includes:

    • Monthly Living Gently Club (online book gatherings)

The App

Grow with the Living Gently™ app. Weekly self-guided practices to support your daily routine on the path to compassionate strength.

Living Gently™

Subscription

Start your practice anytime. Step into a self-guided journey. Move at your own pace and return whenever you need.

  • Free Guest Experience

    Calm Morning Pause is a 10 minute pre-recorded guided practice with time to reflect afterwards. It invites you to pause, settle, and notice what’s here, a gentle introduction to bringing self-kindness into your day.

  • Individual Experience

    Each pathway is offered at the same monthly subscription price. What changes is the depth of practice, reflection, connection, and personal growth experience. Begin with the free trial.

  • Group Experience

    Grow a shared practice where individual growth supports the group. Start with the free trial, then book a free call to discuss your group setup.

  • Living Gently Club Experience

    A space for soft socialising, shared presence, and a slower, more human way of being together, both online and in person. Online gatherings are included in your monthly practice, while in-person gatherings are separate events held in shared community spaces.

Free Guest Experience

Guide and Introduction

Begin a Calm Morning Pause with a 10-minute pre-recorded guided practice, followed by self-guided reflection. This is a free trial experience of Compassionate Strength™ with the option to join an upcoming Living Gently Club in-person event.