Workshop
August 27th, Working with Difficult Emotions through MSC with Noriko Morita Harth
August 27th, Working with Difficult Emotions through MSC with Noriko Morita Harth
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Wednesday, August 27th, 5pm-630pm PST
An experiential introduction workshop to Mindful Self-Compassion for working with anger, frustration, and emotional overwhelm.
In this 90‑minute experiential session, we’ll explore how Mindful Self‑Compassion (MSC) can turn difficult emotions into cues for care. Through guided practice, brief teaching, and reflective discussion, you’ll learn practical tools to meet anger, frustration, and overwhelm with steadiness and warmth. You’ll leave with a pocket‑sized toolkit you can use in moments of difficult emotion: pausing to notice what’s happening, grounding in the body, and offering yourself phrases of kindness that calm the nervous system and clear space for wise action. Expect a balance of concept learning, quiet practice, brief partner sharing (optional), and time for questions. Whether you’re new to MSC or refining an existing practice, this workshop offers concrete skills to navigate daily challenges with greater resilience and self‑support.
Course/Workshop Objectives
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Articulate how self‑compassion’s core elements foster emotional resilience.
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Recognize and label difficult emotions in the moment.
- Apply a brief self‑compassion practice to meet those emotions and note its effect.
Meet Your Workshop Teacher
Noriko Morita Harth is a Certified MSC teacher and a Certified MBSR teacher. Noriko has been teaching MBSR and MSC since 2014. Additionally Noriko offers mentorships, Teacher Training programs, and practicum.
Born in Japan, she moved to the States in 1985. Noriko feels that her life transforming journey of discovering and exploring mindfulness and compassion practices has allowed a more balanced life and identity between these two cultures. Noriko strongly believes in practicing mindfulness and compassion, and bringing its principles into her life has and continues to help her grow as a person. She feels passionate about bringing these practices to other people's lives, especially to the BIPOC community. It is her mission to share what she has learned, what she continues to learn to our community. Noriko also offers courses and training programs in Japanese.
Registration closes August 26th.
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Benefits of Mindful Self-Compassion
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What is Self-Compassion?
Self-compassion involves responding in the same supportive and understanding way you would with a good friend when you have a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself. There are three elements which comprise self-compassion: Self-kindness vs. self-judgment, common humanity vs. isolation, and mindfulness vs. over-identification.
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Proven Benefits
In daily life, self-compassion involves noticing when we’re having a hard time, and rather than judging and criticizing ourselves, we respond to our pain with care and kindness, just as we would a dear friend. There’s now an impressive and growing body of research demonstrating that relating to ourselves in a kind, friendly manner is essential for emotional wellbeing. And though self-compassion is not often the first response for many of us during moments of personal struggle, this skill can be trained, even for those of us who did not learn it as children.
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Access to Materials & Recording
Twelve hours prior to the start of the workshop you will receive access to the content, additional materials and the the zoom link for the live session. The workshop will also be recorded and you will have access for 90 days if you want to review it at your convenience.
FAQs & Important Information
If I'm unable to attend, can I request a refund?
Our entire Refund Policy is located here: https://centerformsc.org/cmsc-policies/
We encourage you to review the Refund Policy in its entirety. Below is important information that we would like you to be aware of before choosing to make a financial commitment with us.
All refund requests must be made via the refund request form at the link above.
Refunds must meet specific terms of eligibility to include the reason for requesting a refund.
Our Refund Policy (at the link above) includes details on when we are able and are not able to issue a full refund.
All refund request forms are reviewed by a small team of our staff. We ask for your patience and understanding when requesting a refund.
If you have any questions after reviewing our Refund Policy, feel free to reach out to us at hello@centerformsc.org
Important Info: Mindful Self-Compassion is not a substitute for Therapy
Our programs are designed to teach participants the tools needed to develop and cultivate a mindfulness and self-compassion practice.
It is not a substitute for mental health care, personal therapy or medical treatment.
Personal safety and emotional wellbeing are the foundation of self-compassion training and you are primarily responsible for your own safety.
Teachers and facilitators are not expected or able to provide medical and/or psychological care. Course experiences may bring up challenging memories or feelings.
If you have a history with a serious mental health condition or other concerns you think may impact your ability to take this course, please contact CMSC or your healthcare professional to determine if this course is right for you. Your personal contact information may be used in the event the teacher or facilitator reasonably determines a need to call emergency services on your behalf.
Important Info: Productive Participation in Courses & Workshops
Participation is at the discretion of the teachers and facilitators at all times.
If, in the opinion of the teachers and facilitators, you are unable to participate productively and appropriately in the course or workshop you have registered for, you may be asked to discontinue.
Decisions of removal are to ensure CMSC provides the safest space possible for our participants and teachers. Please see our refund policy regarding necessary participant removal.