Is There a Need for Self Compassion?

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"This is a place where we get to feel our shared humanity, grace and compassion," he says. "I like towing my clients, ecause i'm a cogo behavior perpis the language we use actually primes us in certain directions." 'We're all in it together, but i ge you this question the framing matter,' she adds. "'Is there anything we should do?' Iitos now. Yes, let's fix this question,. cause i listend. Surely i know that i am not doing at right,'" Chris asks of his students' reaction when they hear their parents are blaming them for an incident which happened months ago. The show airs on PBS stations

“What am I doing with my life? Where am I going?” During this isolated time, many of us are having to readjust our identities because our visions for what life was supposed to look like completely shifted -- and so perhaps has the locus of our self-worth. Dr. Meag-gan O'Reilly is a licensed Staff Psychologist at Stanford University's Counseling and Psychological Services. In this episode, she offers helpful frameworks for cultivating a life --and society-- that can better recognize the basic intrinsic value of each person. Dr. O’Reilly’s research interests focus on social class, college student mental health, resilience, and multicultural identities, particularly gender and ethnicity. She also operates a private practice in downtown Palo Alto, Inherent Value Psychology, in which she provides clinical services to Silicon Valley professionals. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman