Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm

L'Orian McKenna. We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a

team and separately. We've worked on studio and indie films, live action and

animation, from my work on Inside Out and

Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.

We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the life.

Had a not only survive the ups and downs, but thrive.

We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be

and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey. Hey everyone, welcome back to the show.

Today we are chatting with celebrated academic and wellness thought leader, Dr.

Kristen Neff.

Kristen received her doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and is currently an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

She's a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, creating a scale to measure the construct for almost 20 years.

In addition to writing numerous academic articles on the topic, she is author of the book

Self-Compassion, The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, and her new book, which the title alone, it just I'm so excited about this book. Listen to this title you guys.

Fierce self-compassion. excited about this book. Listen to this title you guys.

Fierce self-compassion, how women can harness kindness to speak up, claim their power and thrive. I've seen her crying. I'm so excited.

Today we're going to talk about how we can find more self-compassioned when it comes to our work and

our writing.

So Kristen, welcome to the show. We're so excited to have you here.

Yeah. Oh, thanks. Happy to be here.

Yeah, absolutely.

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