Yesterday, I was lucky to attend a Kristin Neff conference entitled "Self Compassion and Emotional Resilience ," hosted by the Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness. Today, I woke up with a million things I want to say about it, a brain full of snot and lymph nodes swollen enough to make my neck feel like a body builder's. So instead of attempting to wax poetically about self compassion, I'll instead practice it by drinking gallons of green smoothies and basking in a comfy corner of couch with my lotion Kleenex and menthol cough drops. Kristin says it all better than I could, anyhow. The videos below are definitely worth a watch!
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Above: Ted talk about self esteem vs. self-compassion. To the right: Greater Good Science Center talk about mindfulness and self-compassion | |