The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

Steven Hickman, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, as well as a trainer of Mindful Self-Compassion teachers. He has taught MSC all over the world and trained teachers of MBSR and MBCT in addition to MSC. He is the author of the recently published Self-Compassion for Dummies.  This podcast is an opportunity to revisit part 2 of Steven's sessions, where we explore the powerful practice of self-compassion and explore the relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion through practices and exercises drawn from the Mindful Self-Compassion program developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff. You are invited to open up to learning to treat yourself the same way you would treat a dear friend when they experience failure, misfortune and struggle or suffering. The research on the relationship between self-compassion and various measures of well-being is quite clear, and this is an opportunity to experience it for yourself.

Noticing the Little Things - A way to move our practice off the cushion. This session looks at how we can shift the awareness of the minute details of our experience to our ‘sphere of influence.’ By doing so, we can have a positive impact on our lives and the world around us.

Steven Hickman, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, as well as a trainer of Mindful Self-Compassion teachers. He has taught MSC all over the world and trained teachers of MBSR and MBCT in addition to MSC. He is the author of the recently published Self-Compassion for Dummies.  This podcast is an opportunity to revisit part 1 of Steven's sessions, where we explore the powerful practice of self-compassion and explore the relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion through practices and exercises drawn from the Mindful Self-Compassion program developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff. You are invited to open up to learning to treat yourself the same way you would treat a dear friend when they experience failure, misfortune and struggle or suffering. The research on the relationship between self-compassion and various measures of well-being is quite clear, and this is an opportunity to experience it for yourself.

We were delighted to be joined for our September keynote by Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, who is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard University.

Noticing the Little Things - A way to move our practice off the cushion. This session looks at how we can shift the awareness of the minute details of our experience to our ‘sphere of influence.’ By doing so, we can have a positive impact on our lives and the world around us.

The second of a two-part series with Dr Chris Willard, this week the Wednesday session was tailored towards anyone supporting young people and explores how they can support them through mindfulness.

The first of a two-part series with Dr Chris Willard, this week the Wednesday session was tailored towards anyone supporting young people and explores how they can support them through mindfulness.

One of the many things we have learned as a result of the global pandemic is the importance of community – of thinking and taking action collectively, of seeing ourselves as part of a greater whole. No matter how independent we like to think we are, our sense of who we are, our safety, our mental and physical health rely heavily on our sense of connection with the world and people around us. This practice-based session is free to join for those with an established mindfulness practice and will explore how our emotions, thoughts, physical experiences, and actions need and feed off our sense of being part of a bigger whole. 

Join us as we host Mark Williams in this final episode of the podcast series that offers a taste of his new course, which has been developed for those who have already completed a mindfulness course and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Week by week, we will focus on attention and reactivity, with special emphasis on ‘feeling tone’. Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment evaluation of whether any contact with mind or body feels pleasant, unpleasant, or neither. 

Join Mark Williams and Claire Kelly as they take a moment to pause and reflect, revisiting some of the practices and exploring the questions that have been asked over the past 6 weeks.