The Compassionate Friend Exercise is a powerful practice during times of discomfort, distress or suffering, and involves bringing to mind the image of a compassionate person or other living being, and finding solace and support from them. In this video, Dr Stan Steindl briefly describes creating a compassionate friend as well as his own experience with this exercise, using music to further illustrate the ideas. The next video, The Compassionate Friend - Part 2, will be a chance to try the Compassionate Friend Exercise for yourself! The original video of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/ghlS_zrfYfQ