Kristin Neff, Ph.D.: “When you treat yourself with kindness, warmth, and support, you don't get so overwhelmed by pain.”

Neff, a pioneering self-compassion researcher, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to actually treat yourself with kindness, plus:

- How to honor your anger

- How to assess your self-compassion

- Common misconceptions about self-care

- How practicing self-compassion can alleviate anxiety

- How to use social media without spiraling towards self-criticism

Referenced in the episode:

- Neff's newest book, Fierce Self-Compassion.

- Neff's 2003 research defining and measuring self-compassion.

- Neff's TED Talk on The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion.

- Neff's research on gender differences in self-compassion.

- Neff's self-compassion scale.

- Neff's Mindful Self-Compassion program.

- Virtual reality study for teaching self-compassion.

- Neff's study on self-compassion vs. the Rosenberg self-esteem measure and narcissism.

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