Dr. Kristin Neff: ...that having self-compassion is a superpower

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🗓️ 26 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Welcome to Nobody Told Me! I’m Jan Black and I’m Laura Owens. Here’s a question for you to think about. Do you practice self-compassion? Do you give yourself the same kindness and care that you’d give to a good friend? If not, why not?

Our guest on this episode, Dr. Kristin Neff, is one of the world’s experts on self-compassion. She’s the author of several books on the topic including the latest, which is called, FIERCE SELF-COMPASSION: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. Her website is self-compassion.org.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black.
0:16.3	And here's a question for you to think about. Do you practice self-compassion? Do you give yourself the same
0:22.1	kindness and care that you'd give to a good friend? And if not, why not? Our guest on this episode,
0:28.0	Dr. Kristen Neff, is one of the world's experts on self-compassion. She's the author of several
0:33.5	books on the topic, including the latest, which is called fierce self-compassion,
0:38.3	how women can harness kindness to speak up, claim their power, and thrive.
0:43.4	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:45.5	Oh, thank you so much for having me.
0:47.2	I'm really happy to be here.
0:48.8	How do you define self-compassion?
0:51.3	What is it in your view?
0:52.9	Well, the easy way to think about it is simply treating
0:56.1	yourself with the same kindness, care, and support that you would naturally show to a good
1:01.8	friend or anyone you cared about. So compassion actually, passion means suffer, calm means with.
1:09.6	So being with yourself when you're struggling,
1:12.5	when you're feeling inadequate or something difficult is happening in your life in a very
1:17.2	supportive, helpful way that, yeah, helps alleviate suffering. It's quite simple, actually.
1:23.8	When have you needed to show more compassion to yourself?
1:30.0	A lot of times.
1:31.0	When am I now?
1:32.9	You know, it's like this morning, you know.
1:33.6	Yeah.
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