Compassionate Strength™ Training

Journey

For Individuals & Groups

Grow Compassionate Strength™ at your own pace. The Living Gently™ app guides you through three practice plans, helping you strengthen daily wellbeing.

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Practice

Compassionate Strength™ Training

A modern holistic wellbeing practice using the Kind, Kinder, Kindest™ framework.
Three progressive stages, explored through simple daily practices.

Guided by self-compassion and mindfulness research, and informed by holistic wellbeing principles including Te Whare Tapa Whā.

Kind

10–15 mins per day, 12 weeks

  • Self-kindness is the practice of being kind, gentle, and caring with yourself every moment, not just when things get hard,

    A starting practice for newcomers with no previous experience as well as experienced meditators alike.

  • Focus: Building daily self-kindness and awareness

    A gentle, self-guided journey toward Kind Care — a practical, non-clinical way to support reflection and nurture kindness toward yourself.

    What’s included

    • Daily care journal
    • Weekly self-guided practice

    A simple practice where self-kindness and care naturally become part of your day.

    Your 12 week practice

    • Weeks 1–4 — Intention
    • Weeks 5–8 — Awareness
    • Weeks 9–12 — Self-kindness

Kinder

15–20 mins per day, 12 weeks

  • Mindfulness is the practice of paying kinder attention to the present moment with openness and without judgement, every day, in all situations.

    A continuing practice for those seeking balance and connection just as they are, with no pressure to fix, change, or perform.

  • Focus: Growing gentle awareness

    A self-guided journey toward Kinder Awareness — a practical, non-clinical way to support attention, noticing, and understanding wellbeing.

    What’s included

    • Daily awareness journal

    • Weekly self-guided practice

    • Weekly response to your practice questions

    Develop a simple daily habit of noticing thoughts, feelings, and patterns with greater clarity.

    Your 12 week practice

    • Weeks 13–16 — Noticing
    • Weeks 17–20 — Understanding
    • Weeks 21–24 — Responding

Kindest

20–30 mins per day, 12 weeks.

  • Compassionate Strength™ is caring enough, for yourself, others, and the natural world, to take the kindest, most purposeful action.

    A modern wellbeing practice that brings self-kindness and mindfulness into a lived experience.

  • Focus: Cultivating care, awareness, and strength in daily life

    A self-guided journey toward Kindest Action — where compassionate strength becomes your wellbeing practice.

    What’s included

    • Daily strength journal

    • Weekly self-guided practice

    • Weekly response to practice questions (applied focus)

    • Monthly optional 20-minute Kind Call for live guided practice if needed. See disclaimer

    Maintain your practice, allowing compassionate strength to guide your actions and decisions.

    Your 12 week practice

    Weeks 25–28 — Cultivate
    • Weeks 29–32 — Strengthen
    • Weeks 33–36 — Embody

Living Gently app

Go at your own pace, receive support for your self-guided practice

  • Begin with 10–15 minutes regular self-kindness practice and progress to mindfulness, then compassionate strength when you’re ready.

  • Designed to help you engage with the weekly content and includes pre-recorded meditation, responses to your practice questions and a Kind Call for live guided practice if needed.

  • We recognise that wellbeing is inseparable from the natural world. Nature Companion Guides gently invite you to notice birds, plants, and the world around you as you learn to pause and reflect.

Begin

Your free trial.

  • Training: A 12 week self-guided Kind Care journey to gently grow everyday self-kindness — like training your inner muscles, one practice at a time.

    Subscription: 3 monthly payments of $156 ($39/week per person) — just like investing in a 3 month gym membership, but for your nervous system.

    Flexibility: Move to the next practice plan when if feels right.

    • Book a free 20-minute call click here

    • Discuss which practice plan is best suited to your group’s needs.

    • Cultivate a culture of care, awareness, and strength — where individual growth strengthens the whole group.

Free Guide.

Start your Living Gently journey with our simple step-by-step Joining and Sharing Guide. Complete the form to get instant access.