Dr. Kristin Neff - The Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

In this episode, I speak with Dr Kristin Neff, a pioneer and one of the world’s leading experts in the field of self-compassion. I'm still finding myself going over her words days after this was recorded, realizing slowly but surely that she blew my mind. If you ever feel that you're too hard on yourself, I assure you that you're in the right place.

Kristin was the first academic to operationally define and measure the concept of self-compassion over a decade ago. During Kristin’s last year of graduate school she became interested in Buddhism and has been practicing Insight Meditation ever since. This led her to conduct research on self-compassion, a central part of Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically. She is the author of the classic book, Self-Compassion.

Listen as we discuss:
The failures of self-esteem, and the freedom of embracing self-compassion insteadNot needing to "better" in anyway in order to be deserving of self-loveKristin's story through academia, divorce, meditation and self-compassionWhy she transitioned from studying self-esteem to studying self-compassionLoving yourself just because you're a flawed human beingHow consumer driven society plays to our insecuritiesHow we know compassion is the best parenting style, yet don't apply it to ourselvesFight-or-flight, and how we can actually attack ourselves to feel safe againOur innate tendency to scold ourselves, with Kristin's son as a case studyDefining compassion vs. self-compassionThe three elements of self-compassionPractical advice on how to actually be kind to yourselfThe Yin-Yang of Self CompassionHow self-compassion translates to motivation A discussion on self-compassion as it relates to men and womenAnger as an act of self projected loveInstagram: @mo_gawdat
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