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- Discover the transformative power of self-compassion in the treatment of shame
- Understand the science behind self-compassion and its inverse relationship with shame
- Reflect on the origins of shame, and how it relates to the wish to be loved
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This was a very revealing and enlightening conversation! Thank you for your contributions to this approach.
Very helpful perspectives.
I took your 5 day Self-Compassion course at Esalen before the Covid came into existence. It’s great to have this talk to revisit your work. I would LOVE to have this one conversation to share with clients.
I love the point where we begin to talk to ourselves with loving speech. The Radical Homecoming and Self-Compassion Break for Shame are like permission slips for acceptance and self-love.
Radical Homecoming and Self-Compassion Break for Shame, demonstrate clearly that the desire to be loved is underlying shame… thank you.
i am unable to view the videos , the message i get is that google tried multiple time to open the video please help
Thank you for this beautiful reflection and practice.
Excellent, compassionate teaching!
As a psychotherapist, I’m often holding compassionate fatigue for and with my clients. The Awake Network has provided a restorative experience in working with shame within myself, others and my community.
Thank you for your service.
I am grateful for your generosity.
quite lucid take on a very important subject – world is hungry for compassion, but it starts with Self
The area of self-compassion practice has been off-limits for me, until now. Thank you for increasing my literacy, my awareness and my resources in this area of practice. I feel confident that I can stay present and open to self-compassion practices with the resources you’ve given us in this session.
Thank you for “normalizing” feelings of shame and helping me feel that I am not alone. Its normal to want to belong, be appreciated, be loved and be respected : and thank you for helping me see it that way.
Thank you for making so many more things about what self-compassion is in practice clear. It made abstract aspects become a felt experience for me and it was in those moments I learnt more in a few minutes about self-compassion than from any study or practice I had done before. I know this will change my life. Thank you 🙂
Excellent!! self compassion as the main antidote of shame… Wonderful Q & A…. perfect team for covering different aspects of that topic. Thank you both!
is there a way to fast track this? I’m 74 now and just realizing recently, how much shame has affected my life. I am seeking help. It just seems like a such a long road. I feel shame for asking for a quicker way to do it.
I resonate with what you say …. Experienced and dived in and out of shame most of my life …. Chris and Kristin provide me with a new way of holding and understanding my self ….At 73 years, I am realising how I can get stuck in old stories but self compassion is an energetic love that I sense is imminent and can grow within us and spread out
Never too late?
Such a beautiful learning experience! Thank you!
Wow that was deep , powerful exercise, i didnt even know how much i needed to process that particular thing i feel ashamed of. I’m sometimes wonder how much my general sense of being happy, living with joy even, & having greatly banished my negative self talk, (hard-earned & worked on to get here) is pure, or sometimes just a but of …avoidance? So, im very grateful for this And your & and Chris’s lectures/talks are fabulous! Not being medically/psychologically certified, i can’t get CEs, but just your opening talks & practices may be enough to pay the fee to be able to read the transcripts, have the videos, & recorded exercises! To share w/fellow adhd & trauma survivors, my clients (Havening Techniques & managing stress & Resiliency!
Thank you for sharing your combined wisdom about working with shame. I love how you described the blocks that get in the way of self-compassion. It was also very helpful to hear how both tender and fierce self-compassion serve us and that we need balance here.
Thank you! You have calmed my senses.
Absolutely fascinating. And surprisingly nourishing. Beyond words Grateful 🙏🏻💗
How well this can be integrated with EMDR – thank you for your clarity and presentation.
How delightful to see and listen to these intelligent, caring and authentic people talk about this important topic. My time studying with Chris may years ago at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies remains one of the most impactful and enlightening experiences I have had. Thank you Chris and Kristin. May you both be well!!
What if the person believes the shame criticism.
Right? That came up for me in this practice… It’s really deep, however ‘small’ the infraction made…’we all want to be loved, respected, valued, we all don’t want to be abandoned…deep as it gets!
But i have worked on increasing self compssuon for many years niw & am reaping great benefits, including resiliency, self acceptance (less mean critical inner voices😺) and a lot of contentment—lots of positive emotions overall, lots more that in most of my life!😃 i just kept stepping into the comforting “me” until i could get the (then crying me) to let the sham pass…🤩
Great work! Thank you.
Nice to have a better understanding of shame (not money), as the greatest obstacle of being loved by self & others.
Beautiful work, thank you
Gracias, Gracias, he aprendido mucho.Debo practicar y aprender más.
Todos los videos que he visto han sido muy interesantes.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to learn!
WONDErful opportunity to learn!
ThAnk you!
I never get tired or distracted of listening you both. You give so much sense to how we can embed self compassion in our lives and by that, evolve and become better human beings.
Thank you for this teaching. I’m looking forward to implementing this in my personal and professional practice.
Found this really interesting and helpful. Building on what i know and believe, so great to watch and listen to.
appreciate your knowledge and skill in sharing on such a fine topic.
every thanks, Jenny
A HUGE gratefulness for all you dear ones for your time n care in sharing your knowledge and experience…..SO helpful ?
Fabulous, so powerful
Thank you for the brilliant 2023 Summit.
Please note that the given web link above is broken for watching Chris Germer’s in-depth session on Shame from the 2022 Compassion in Therapy Summit.
UPDATE : Apology. Please note that the given web link above is not broken as I have incorrectly stated in my initial comment but when I clicked the web link I got the message that the video is private and unavailable for watching Chris Germer’s in-depth session on Shame from the 2022 Compassion in Therapy Summit.
So sorry about that, Kam! It should be available now.
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Thank you Lucy Porter for your kind help and advice message above. I have just watched Chris Germer’s most interesting & helpful video from the 2022 Compassion in Therapy Summit. With Best Wishes & Fond Gratitude.
Would the homecoming meditation Chris led us in potentially be available in audio or written form?
Hi Rachel! Downloadable transcripts, audio, and video files are available as part of the Event Training Package: https://www.compassionintherapy.com/ht/training-package/
I’m enjoying the information and nice people.
Warning:mentions Suicide
A question for some (not all) church goers. God loves us, so why should we not love ourselves with “self compassion” which gives us far greater capacity to love others?
Thank you very much, it’s inspiring.
Hi, thank you this free webinar. I have been learning about how compassion is helping heal so many challenges relating to people’s past experiences all many and varied.
I work as a therapist in a mainstream secondary school (11 – 16 yr olds) in Manchester in the North West of England. This will help enhance my trauma informed approach to healing young people and adults in an anxious society.
I am playing catch up and am looking forward to the rest of this series over the next couple of days.
This is huge! Thanks!
Zach from Finland.