Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how compassion can serve as an antidote to shame with Dr. Chris Germer, a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Chris is the co-founder of the Mindful Self-Compassion Program, and is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.

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Key Topics:

2:50: Non-duality

4:10: Dr. Germer’s first experience with self-compassion.

7:30: Can you be too mindful?

10:50: Defining self-compassion.

13:20: Mindfulness as a response to suffering.

17:00: Masculinity and self-compassion.

20:20: Becoming more receptive to your suffering.

24:30: How to apply self-compassion.

28:00: State to trait.

30:20: Self-compassion and shame.

34:30: How can compassion for shame reduce aggression?

37:10: What would you tell a younger version of yourself?

40:20: Recap

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