I remember dropping my children off at school years ago, and as I walked through the hallways I found a teacher friend frozen in her tracks, just standing, staring blankly before her. I approached and asked if there was something wrong.

You know those stressful phone calls you have to make to tech support at Verizon where you wait on the phone for ages in hopes that you will eventually reach a person who will be able to help you with your desperate problem?

When friends are suffering, this is what I share: Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion Break.