Kristin Neff is the associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Educational Psychology. With her partner, Chris Gurner, she's developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion. The more you're able to see yourself as part of this larger humanity, the less self-focused you are. It takes conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living.
In This Episode, You'll Learn:
- How has science proves that practicing self-compassion is more beneficial than self-criticism
- How touch can be used as a way to activate the body's natural responses to self-compassion
- Exploring the myths of self-compassion and how it is a powerful antidote to shame
- How we can use our relationships with close friends as a template to be more compassionate with ourselves
- Why it's helpful to discover our "inner ally" as opposed to our "inner enemy"
- The importance of practicing mindfulness to cultivate self compassion
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