When they suffer, fail, or feel inadequate. We are teaching people how to respond with kindness and understanding when things go wrong in their lives. It’s just compassion turned inward and that’s what we are teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion course. Self-compassion is really doing the same thing for ourselves. Compassion is the capacity to recognize a person’s struggle, and to feel that person’s struggle, and also the wish and the effort to alleviate it. We’re also amazed at the interest in self-compassion throughout the world. Right here at the beginning of our conversation, I’d love it if you would summarize for our listeners the approach, if you will, of mindful self-compassion.Ĭhris Germer: Yes, sure. TS: Chris, you and Kristin Neff established the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion in 2012 and since then have trained upwards of 15,000 people in mindful self-compassion and have also trained more than 500 teachers worldwide. Here’s my conversation on “The Power of Self-Compassion” with Dr. Chris also talked about how people with chronic back pain can use the practice of mindful self-compassion, and how working with key principles such as “what we resist persists” and “what we can feel, we can heal” is leading to some pretty impressive results in the new research that’s being done in this area.įinally, Chris talked about how to adjust the language around mindful self-compassion when he’s teaching men in order to invite men into the conversation and how important this is. Chris also talked about how to apply mindful self-compassion in difficult situations like when we make a mistake or feel flooded by a sense of shame. Today, Chris and I spoke about how to practice mindful self-compassion and how the practice asks us three things-to be aware, to know that we’re not alone, and to act with self-kindness. Chris will be teaching on “Overcoming Shame with Self-Compassion” at Sounds True’s Self-Acceptance Summit, a free summit, broadcasts from September 11th through September 20th and you’re most welcome to join us at. Chris Germer is also a featured presenter in Sounds True’s Self-Acceptance Summit along with such presenters as Elizabeth Gilbert, Tara Brach, Parker Palmer, Marianne Williamson, Rick Hanson, and many others. This interest led him to author several books including The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion.Īlong with Kristin Neff, Chris Germer has created an eight-week course on The Power of Self-Compassion, which will be launching at on October 16th. He learned about mindfulness meditation in Sri Lanka in 1977 and his interest in mindfulness was rekindled in 1985 when he joined a study group in Cambridge that later became the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy where he is a founding faculty member. Chris is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. At, we think of ourselves as a trusted partner on this spiritual journey, offering diverse, in depth, and life-changing wisdom. At, you can find hundreds of downloadable audio learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses and events. Tami Simon: This program is brought to you by.
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