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 ...

Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labor, but it is. Research on the ...

“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.” —Anais Nin (attributed) Several months ago, I wrote a blog post about how self-compassion can heal the shame of childhood wounds. I received many ...

If you want to feel better about yourself, should you try improving your self-esteem or self-compassion? A journal article published on August 3, 2023, "A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis on Their ...