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How Self-Compassion Transforms Queer Shame into Pride

Jun 7, 2022 as posted on CMSC By Markus Bohlmann We can turn shame into pride, but we cannot do so once and for all:shame lives on in...

Spaces of Belonging

Jun 7, 2023 as posted on CMSC by Markus Bohlmann, PhD, MSC Teacher Suffering is universal, but not all suffering is equal. – Christopher...

Was ist Achtsames Selbst-Mitgefühl?

Wahrscheinlich denken Sie, nachdem Sie den Titel gelesen haben, an rote Rosen, romantische Musik und Kerzenlicht, vielleicht an Rückzug...

Was ist Achtsamkeit?

Achtsamkeit bedeutet man lebt sein Leben im Hier und Jetzt und nicht, so wie es unsere Gedanken und unser Verstand suggerieren, das...

Mindfulness and Fogo Sagrado

Do you stuck and spinning in circles? Mindfulness and Fogo Sagrado go hand in hand. But how? Fogo Sagrado means "Holy Fire" and is an...

Childness and Self-Compassion. A Gay Men's Perspective.

Childness and Self-Compassion. A Gay Man’s Perspective. by Markus P.J. Bohlmann CMSC, Circles of Practice, Newsletter, July 19, 2020 —✦— ...

Why Phoenix?

I grew up in a small town in Southern Germany. Being gay was not an option there, or it was risky. Gay people did not exist. There were...

Has your gay childhood given you what you needed?

Have you grown up gay, hoping that the adult world would be different? Have you purchased the childhood hopes that the adults where...