Why Self-Compassion Is Necessary When Living With ADHD

Why do you treat yourself worse than you would treat a dear friend?

That's the central question of today's conversation and it centers on our ability to muster self-compassion, a practice of treating ourselves well when we need it, rather than thinking of ourselves only in terms of our struggles.

The conversation starts with a walkthrough of concepts from The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer, as well as Neff's TEDxTalk, "The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion.". Central to the conversation are the three core elements presented by Neff and Germer:

1. Self-Kindness
2. Common Humanity
3. Mindfulness

We walk through each with examples today, and take a tour of the interconnected elements of anxiety and depression that sidle up next to ADHD on this journey toward self-compassion, and review how that impacts the ADHD brain. From there: Tools to build the muscle of self-compassion before you hit an ADHD storm!

• (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
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• (03:30) - Self-Compassion and ADHD