Chris Germer: The Power of Self-Compassion

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Chris Germer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, lecturer at Harvard Medical School, and one of the cofounders of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. The author of many books and articles on mindfulness, Chris has partnered with Kristin Neff and Sounds True to launch the upcoming The Power of Self-Compassion online course in October. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Chris and Tami Simon talk about the practice of mindful self-compassion and the foundational questions it asks of us. They explore how this practice can be applied in the alleviation of pain and current research into other, everyday applications. Chris also details the ways in which self-compassion can help us ride waves of emotion such as shame and self-recrimination. Finally, Tami and Chris discuss how one has to adjust the messaging around self-compassion in order to reach a male audience. (62 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the edge. Today my guest is Dr. Chris Germer.
0:45.9	Chris is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
0:52.3	He learned about mindfulness meditation in Sri Lanka in 1977,
0:58.0	and his interest in mindfulness was rekindled in 1985 when he joined a study group in Cambridge that later became
1:06.6	the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, where he is a founding faculty member.
1:12.4	This interest led him to author several where he is a founding faculty member.
1:12.6	This interest led him to author several books,
1:15.7	including the mindful path to self-compassion.
1:20.0	Along with Kristen Neff,
1:22.4	Chris Germer has created an eight week course on the power of self-compassion,
1:28.6	which will be launching at sounds true.com on October 16th.
1:33.8	Chris Germer is also a featured presenter
1:37.1	in Sounds True's Self Acceptance Summit,
1:40.8	along with such presenters as Elizabeth Gilbert, Tara Brock, Parker Palmer, Marion
1:47.2	Williamson, Rick Hansen, and many others. Chris will be teaching on overcoming shame with self-compassion.
1:55.0	And Sounds True's Self-acceptance Summit, a free summit,
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