Findings from recent studies in Hong Kong, Spain, Israel, Iran, and Austria illustrate the range of ways, during the tumultuous conditions of the COVID pandemic, that self-compassion can guide us to take actions that promote our healing and interconnected wellbeing.
As we turn our minds and hearts toward 2021, the transition is an ideal time to focus on restoration and renewal for ourselves, the collective, and our earth. All are welcome to join Chris Germer, Steve Hickman, and other MSC teachers for inspiration, nourishment, and guidance during these two free mini-retreats.
In a recent study by Dr. Greg Serpa and colleagues, it appears that teaching Veterans to meet their emotional and physical suffering with kindness had an impact on their medication use. "Our treatment system has medicalized pain management and then blamed and marginalized those who suffer for seeking the very thing our system has trained them to see as their best path for relief. Humans have used compassion to alleviate suffering for millennia. Isn’t it time to support those who are suffering with compassion training?"
Kristin Neff
February 2 - February 4, 2021
Chris Germer
March 2 - March 4, 2021
The Center for Mindful Self-Compassion has trained over 2200 people to teach MSC around the globe and among them are a number of people who have taken the time to distill their wisdom, experience and training related to self-compassion into extremely valuable and insightful books. Take a moment to browse this amazing and practical collection of books and see how the resources of self-compassion can help us navigate everything from parenting to adolescence to our inner emotional and creative world.
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