About The Teachers
Cathy Morano MSW, RSW
Cathy has a Master's degree in Social Work and has worked in mental health and medical social work for over 20 years. Her clinical experience includes assessment and treatment for anxiety, depression, and trauma, adjustment to life transitions and chronic illnesses and end of life care. Her area of expertise and interest is in mindfulness-based interventions including: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC).
"My personal meditation and mindfulness practice helps me to be more aware and present each day; this brings me such joy, peace and ease that I wanted to find innovative ways to share the practice with others. In addition to leading workshops and retreats, I have written and produced audio recordings to help others develop or enhance their meditation practice. You can listen to my guided meditations on our website by visiting the Audio Meditations page." |
Patricia Baigent MSW, RSW
Patricia has a master’s degree in Social Work and has worked in the mental health field for over 20 years. Areas of expertise include; clinical supervision, compassionate leadership and caregiver fatigue. Patricia is passionate about caring for the caregiver; finding ways to create healthier work/home-lives for mental health professionals, first responders, health care workers and anyone that provides support either in a professional capacity or in their personal life. Patricia has led a mindfulness meditation practice group for five years. Learning about Self-Compassion helped provide the missing link to understanding why habitual self-criticism and constant striving was sabotaging her efforts - and those of her clients and friends - to create a more peaceful existence through meditation alone.
“I have witnessed first-hand how incorporating self- compassionate practice can help people become less reactive in their relationships, build resilience and have more personal satisfaction with their lives. Through MSC we can really learn how to be our own best source of emotional support; this is a life changing experience, and I can’t wait to share this with others through MSC training.” |
About Mindful Self-Compassion.ca
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Mindful Self-Compassion.ca provides Mindfulness & Self-Compassion training and workshops in a variety of formats. These are provided virtually and in-person.
Our mission is to teach participants how deepening self-compassion in their daily lives can help them foster a greater sense of health and well-being. In 2015 Cathy Morano MSW, RSW & Patricia Baigent MSW, RSW completed the MSC teacher training and are authorized Teachers of the Mindful Self-Compassion program. They received their training from the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, affiliated with the University of San Diego. In 2016 Patricia and Cathy co-founded Mindful Self-Compassion.ca. |
Learning to become more self-compassionate and mindful can be a very deep and transformative experience; you can trust that you will be guided on this journey by facilitators who are experienced teachers and mental health professionals. Cathy and Patricia received their MSC training directly from Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer, co-founders of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.
Our services can be customized to address professional development or personal growth needs. |
Waiting on Yourself
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Cultivating Self-Compassion BlogNew Post: Savouring"In the final session of the 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion training program there is a teaching and practice on savouring pleasant experiences. After 7 weeks of learning to lean in to discomfort in a self-compassionate way, Session 8 is all about gratitude, appreciating beauty and savoring pleasant experiences. I usually feel that Session 8 is a little fluffy; simply a gentle way to wrap up the program in juxtaposition to the previous sessions’ focus on learning to respond to suffering.
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