Untangle Kristin Neff is Back! The Ultimate Guide to Burn Out. Tools to Help you Heal and Recharge When You're at Your Edge.
Oct 1, 2024
Kristin Neff, a leading expert in Mindful Self-Compassion and an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, shares her insights on battling burnout. She emphasizes self-compassion as a fundamental tool for resilience and discusses practical strategies to manage stress and difficult emotions. Neff delves into the importance of knowing our core values and offers advice on how to recharge when overwhelmed. With a blend of humor and heart, she inspires listeners to embrace kindness towards themselves amidst life's challenges.
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Essence of Self-Compassion
- Self-compassion means showing up for ourselves with mindfulness, kindness, and recognizing common humanity.
- It counters self-pity by including ourselves in a circle of care and support.
Neff's Burnout Experience
- Kristin Neff turned to mindfulness and self-compassion amid her own stress and divorce while finishing her PhD.
- Her practice helped her avoid full burnout during COVID's added pressures, inspiring her burnout book.
Burnout Spectrum Explained
- Burnout is a spectrum from normal tiredness to clinical exhaustion with incompetence feelings and depersonalization.
- Self-compassion can address these symptoms by calming the nervous system and restoring care and connection.