One comprehensive review outlines a theoretical model of self-compassion that includes six key elements: self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification.

What is self-compassion? According to Neff, mindfulness, common humanity, and kindness are the three main elements of self-compassion. Mindfulness: Being fully present and able to look at our ...

Neff notes the three elements of self-compassion: extending kindness to ourselves instead of being self-critical, recognizing that suffering is a shared human experience that connects rather than ...

In an earlier blog, I offered some suggestions for cultivating self-compassion, even when we don’t feel it. I noted Dr. Shelly Harrell’s important observation that self-compassion can seem to ...

According to the “The Compassion Report,” a new, first-of-its-kind research study from the Muhammad Ali Index, one-third of Americans report below-average self-compassion. Once we care for ...