[This episode with Dr Kristin Neff is from a YouTube episode aired on 31 May 2024. It is released here as a podcast to compliment the episode with Dr Elijah Zimmerman from Center for Mindful Self-Compassion released last Saturday (12 October 2024).]

Dr Kristin Neff is a pioneer of our contemporary understanding and approaches to self-compassion. She defines THE THREE COMPONENTS OF SELF-COMPASSION: mindfulness, common humanity and self-kindness. She highlights THE SPACE BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-COMPASSION and also distinguishes self-compassion from notions of self-pity. She offers an OVERVIEW OF THE MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION PROGRAM (MSC), including adaptations and recent developments, and some TIPS: HOW TO PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION. She offers hope of SELF-COMPASSION AS AN ANTIDOTE TO SHAME. She discusses how we might start OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS TO SELF-COMPASSION, the common fears, blocks and resistances to self-compassion, not least self-criticism, and WHY SELF-COMPASSION IS KEY TO MOTIVATION.

LINKS:

Dr Kristin Neff website

https://self-compassion.org/

Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion

https://centerformsc.org/

The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion: Kristin Neff at TEDxCentennialParkWomen (2.9 million views!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

https://www.amazon.com.au/Self-Compassion-Kristin-Neff/dp/1444738178/

Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

https://www.amazon.com.au/Fierce-Self-Compassion-Women-Stand-Claim/dp/0241448654/

Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals

https://www.amazon.com.au/Teaching-Mindful-Self-Compassion-Program-Professionals/dp/1462538894/

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive

https://www.amazon.com.au/Mindful-Self-Compassion-Workbook-Yourself-Strength/dp/1462526780/

NEFF, K. (2003). Self-Compassion: An Alternative Conceptualization of a Healthy Attitude Toward Oneself. Self and Identity, 2(2), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860309032

NEFF, K. D. (2003). The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Self-Compassion. Self and Identity, 2(3), 223–250.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860309027

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