Fierce Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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People generally think of self-compassion as a "soft" emotion that helps us comfort, reassure, and nurture ourselves. Today a pioneer in the field of compassion research, Dr. Kristin Neff, joins the show to explore the fierce side of self-compassion, including how it can help us draw healthy boundaries, take necessary action, and stand against injustice. About Our Guest: Dr. Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She conducted the first empirical studies on self-compassion almost twenty years ago, and is the author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. On June 15th she'll be releasing her new book: Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power and Thrive. Watch our conversation on YouTube here! Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Key Topics: 1:50: How is fierce self-compassion different from “typical” self-compassion? 5:50: The balance of fierceness and tenderness. 7:45: The importance of fierceness for women. 17:15: Practices that support fierce self-compassion. 20:30: Applying fierce self-compassion internally. 25:40: The harms of traditional gender role socialization. 32:10: What behaviors were you rewarded for? 34:45: Research on the value of self-compassion. 40:40: The impact of self-compassion on motivation. 45:15: Committing to our own well being. 50:45: How men can support women. 55:00: A message to your younger self. 57:15: Recap Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Start a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. Build healthy habits with Most Days! Download it in the App Store or go to MostDays.com/beingwell for more information. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.8	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:15.2	well-being.
0:16.2	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.4	I'm joined as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you doing today?
0:22.2	I'm good, and I'm actually really overly enthusiastic if that's possible about talking
0:27.6	with my friend, and someone I've learned immensely from, Dr. Kristen Nath, you'll say more
0:32.7	about her, I know, but I just want to say that reflecting on her career, we're going to
0:37.1	be having the chance to listen to someone who's been a genuine trailblazer for over 20 years
0:42.0	with a lot of personal courage and wisdom along the way.
0:45.1	And I'm just really, really, really happy to be able to have this conversation with her.
0:49.8	Yeah, as you said, today we have the pleasure of welcoming really a pioneer in the field
0:54.5	of self-compassion research, Dr. Kristen Nath.
0:57.2	So Dr. Nath is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
1:01.6	She conducted, as you said, some of the very first empirical studies on self-compassion
1:05.9	almost 20 years ago.
1:07.8	Alongside her colleague, Dr. Chris Gurmer, she's also developed an empirically supported
1:11.7	training program called Mindful Self-compassion, which is taught by thousands of teachers around
1:17.0	the world.
1:18.0	She's also the author of the groundbreaking book, Self-compassion, the proven power of
1:22.2	being kind to yourself.
1:23.8	And on June 15th, she'll be releasing her new book, Fierce Self-compassion, How Women
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