How to practice self compassion in this era of motherhood w/ Dr. Kristin Neff

Mama Knows

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Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this conversation, Nina and Dr. Kristin Neff discuss the importance of self-compassion and its power to improve our well-being. Dr. Neff, a researcher and expert in self-compassion, shares insights from her own personal experiences and research. They explore the difference between self-compassion and self-esteem, the reasons why people struggle with self-compassion, and practical steps to cultivate self-compassion. They also discuss the role of self-compassion in parenting and how to help children develop self-compassion. Dr. Neff provides resources, including her website and books, to support individuals in practicing self-compassion. Chapters 00:00: Introduction and Personal Experiences 02:56: The Power of Self-Compassion 09:30: Understanding and Overcoming Obstacles to Self-Compassion 18:21: Practical Steps to Cultivate Self-Compassion 21:34: Helping Children Develop Self-Compassion 26:24: Navigating Shame and Guilt 28:23: Self-Compassion for Coping with Burnout Dr. Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion more than twenty years ago. She has been recognized as one of the most influential researchers in psychology worldwide. Kristin runs the Self-Compassion Community, an online learning platform where people can learn the skill of self-compassion with the help of others. She is author of the bestselling books Self-Compassion and Fierce Self-Compassion. Along with her colleague Chris Germer, she developed the empirically-supported Mindful Self- Compassion program and co-founded the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. They co-wrote the best-selling The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and have a new book called Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout coming out in Fall 2024. For more info go to self-compassion.org. Today's episode Sponsors: BetterHelp.com/MAMAKNOWS - to get 10% off your first month of therapy Lumedeodorant.com and use code MAMAKNOWS for 15% off Go to Seed.com/MAMAKNOWS and use code 25MAMAKNOWS to get 25% off your first month of DS-01® Daily Synbiotic or PDS-08® Pediatric Daily Synbiotic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't know about you but ever since becoming a mom I feel like my
0:09.7	self-compassion is quite a bit lower than it used to be. It's almost like I feel
0:15.2	guilty for feeling proud or I almost feel ashamed when I tell myself it's okay.
0:21.4	For me if you guys are regular listeners you know that I'm a
0:26.0	yeller and I hate it it's something that I'm constantly working on I always beat
0:31.2	myself up like why are you yelling stop yelling your kids
0:34.7	are better and although I have gotten significantly better practicing
0:39.2	self-compassion there's always room for more so I'm excited about today's gas, Dr. Kristen Neff, who's a self-compassion
0:46.7	expert. She's actually written five books on this topic and she is just such a breath of fresh air in this space of self-compassion, so let's dive in.
0:58.4	I was just telling Dr. Kristen Neff that mothers are some of the least self-compassionate
1:08.9	people out there or at least in my in my experience from talking to moms and on social media and myself.
1:14.6	But today Kristen and I are going to be talking about self-compassion, but before we dive into our topic,
1:19.9	Kristen, do you mind telling us a little bit about yourself?
1:23.2	Yes, well, I am a mother, so maybe that's most relevant to your show.
1:27.7	I'm a mother of an autistic young man named Rowan, who's 22,
1:31.7	who's doing fabulously.
1:34.0	And so a lot of my self-compassion practice actually got honed,
1:38.0	raising him.
1:40.0	I mean, so it's always difficult to be a mother is challenging, but you know, autism poses some special challenges.
1:48.0	Each kid is unique.
1:50.0	And so I would say my self-compassioned expertise comes primarily for my own personal life.
1:56.1	And then I also do research.
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