Self-compassion is thought of as giving yourself the same compassion you'd give others. That means that self-compassion involves comforting and taking care of yourself. Joy Johnson, LCSW, author of ...

Thirteen year-old Alita told me she knew there was something wrong with her—something that made her “less than.” She felt that, somehow, she was “marked” and deeply unacceptable—even ugly—inside. She ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

It turns out, I don’t like myself very much--and I’m not just saying that. I recently confirmed what I long believed to be true by taking The Self-Compassion Test. The online quiz, created by Kristin ...

When was the last time you stopped picking apart a project you’ve completed, and simply congratulated yourself for a job well done? Or, better yet, accepted a mistake you made without spending hours ...

Among the skills we commonly think of as prerequisites for the C-suite, great leadership, decision-making and communication skills all typically feature high on the list. But compassion? Much less so.

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Are you having trouble sleeping or waking up in the middle of the night? Are you on edge? Irritable? Does every task feel like too much? It's time to develop a deeper level of self-compassion. But how ...