Return to All Videos- Learn the fundamentals of Self-Compassion, and the science behind its effectiveness
- Explore the importance of both fierce and tender self-compassion, for both client and therapist
- Be guided in “Self-compassion with Equanimity Practice” to dynamically evoke compassion for both yourself and your client during intense moments of a therapy session
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The connection between self-compassion and belonging was really powerful. Thank you for some very useful tools.
Thank you so much – a great dialogue and really useful guided meditation. I found the discussion on resistance to self compassion and the fact that passivity is not compassion is not was especially useful.
That should read ‘that passivity is not compassion WAS especially useful.’ Apologies for the typo. It proves we are all human!
Thank you for your wisdom, passion, and whole heartedness
THANK YOU SO MUCH<3 NAMASTE from POLAND . This summit is wonderfull for me personally and for my patients it will be very helpful.
Thank you for letting us know how human it is to forget. I found the first talks by Kristen on youtube 4 years ago, and sometimes wondered if it is just me that cannot get in the habit of doing something good for myself.
Thanks Kristen so powerfully simple and you speak with such openness that your words are amplified
Great admiration for your work Dr. Kristin Neff. Thank you so much for this amazing presentation and sharing your knowledge on self-compassion.
In sessions, I hold a crystal as a way to give self-compassion to myself and “stay embodied.” Also, reiki is a powerful energetic tool to support me to avoid depleting my own energy and increase resilience :). I utilize Kristin’s mindful self-compassion workbook all_the_time with clients. Thank you!
Thank you for your service to peace.
Thank you so much, was very inspiring! Loved the practice. Funny enough my daughters image came to replace the client in my “ head”, felt so connected. Knol try it later “ live” when she’s around 😉 Thank you Kristen! Greetings from the Netherlands.
really useful – thank you!
Excellent information!!!
Great session , very insightful
Thank you Kristin 🙂
Thank you very much, Kristen and Lorraine. Kristen, I appreciated your transparency regarding anger. It was so helpful to know that I am not alone. As you said to have self-compassion and to accept all parts of who we are is so important.
I like the fact that self compassion is so mobile and effective, better than a spa service that costs $ and needs an appointment!
Thank you.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you!
So helpful Kristen – I currently have three or four clients about whom I feel such distress and helplessness. This talk has given me a tool to use while in session with them that I’m sure will engender Compassion in both of us – the client and myself.
Gratitude
I loved to hear your wise and beneficial tips about self compassion. I will buy your last book and I visit your website regularly. Huge Thank you.
Clear and skillful. Thank you.
Love this talk. I had a question/thought…. A lot of times when I am with a patient/client, I do put my hand on my heart if they share something that is painful. I heard Kristin say “We don’t want to do this in front of a client”. I guess my thought/question is why would we not want to do this? Would it insult or create a different focus? thank you!
I place a hand on my heart as well, Kerry. I don’t mind being transparent in sessions that something we are talking about touches me deeply. We are also modeling self-compassion with gentle touch with ourselves. I often hold a crystal and breathe deeply throughout sessions. Again, for me as well as for my client.
Thank you so much to both of you for this teaching! I hope I can manage to listen to it one more time to get it more deeply into my system. The only thing that I missed was an example of how and when you would actually use the equinimity practice in a session with your client. Thanks again!🙏
Thank you Kristin. You have helped me to start to understand self compassion and with practise I really seek to feel the experience in all its complexities and to use it in my life as a Carer. I am sure it will help with my emotional regulation and that of the person for whom I care, as well as help me to balance my life, instead of feeling pulled in too many directions. I look forward to reading your new book and exploring your website.
I found this so helpful. I have a long history of severe trauma and have found it very difficult to practice self-compassion. I find it very easy to show compassion to others especially when I was practising as a nurse/midwife. Thank you so much, Kristin, for making it even easier to practice self-compassion in my daily life and to teach others.
Thank you for this sharing. One of my favourite quotes came to mind when exploring the idea of compassionate presence.
“You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.”
― Patricia Polacco
We can hold the space for others and hopefully inspire love and compassion that will transform them from within.
Very informative and interesting
Rashida Khorakiwala
A wonderful and a very insightful teaching. I liked the connection between the philosophy of Yin & Yang and the modern scientific study of self-compassion. A very helpful video for therapists. Thank you, Dr. Neff!
loved this one!
Thank you, this talk teaches me a lot, I value it very much…