—✦— Since the first MSC Teacher Training in early 2014, the pathway for becoming a teacher of MSC has stayed basically the same and has served us well as CMSC…
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Unearthing Me:<br /> A Psychologist’s Journey with Self-Compassion
By Jennifer Ayres, PhD
A cherished painting, a well-loved game of Candy Land, and an old journal: A Texas psychologist excavates the many layers of her self-compassion (r)evolution.
Mindful Self-Compassion benefits health care providers, especially those lacking in self-compassion
by Krista Gregory, MDiv
Amidst unprecedented rates of burnout and suicide, RCT shows that abbreviated MSC program provides much-needed relief to health care professionals.
Expanding Your Practice: CCT Classes Now Available to MSC Teachers for 10% Discount
As a result of our continuing collaboration with the Compassion Institute, we are pleased to announce that all MSC teachers may take online offerings of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) and…
Setting Aside Your Teacher’s Hat: Join Peers in the Humbling Art of Exploring Practice Edges
By Aimee Eckhardt CDP Creator and Communications Manager Center for Mindful Self-Compassion April 19, 2019 -✹- As an MSC teacher, you know that your embodiment of self-compassion is your single…
Approaching Back Pain with Self-Compassion
By Lyndi Smith
Low-back pain is a big deal. An estimated 80% of the population will suffer from back pain at some point. Read five self-compassionate responses that can help.
Guidelines for Permissions and Approval of Adaptations
The following guidelines are designed to facilitate widespread dissemination of the principles and practices of the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC™) program while maintaining the integrity and consistency of the program, the quality of teaching, and the intellectual property of Chris Germer and Kristin Neff
Call to Psychotherapists: Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy Peer Consultation Group
By Steve Hickman
Introducing new peer consultations sessions designed to share best practices in integrating self-compassion into your therapy practice.
Do you get a second chance at life?
By Dr. Cynthia Phelps
As an MSC teacher, you have the opportunity to be the missing link for those who want to recover.
Do you get a second try at life?
By Dr. Cynthia Phelps
Shame and recovery: How self-compassion stepped in where rehab left off
Practicing Through Becoming: No Place For “Trying”
By Dr. Steve Hickman
As the Jedi Master Yoda famously said “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
The MSC Workbook Online Companion
Since the release of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff, MSC teachers around the world have been wondering how the release of this book could help…
Translators Link CMSC to the World
Translators are MSC’s “link” the rest of the world. How can we better support you?
My Journey to Teacher Training
Teaching MSC is a lifelong exploration, and we need each others’ help along the way.
The Man Barrier: Issues and Opportunities for Bringing Men into the Practice of Self-Compassion
Male cultural conditioning favors a bias toward developing so-called “hard” skills that are outwardly focused and do not involve gentle and tender emotions, as opposed to “soft” skills that are inwardly focused and involve softer, more vulnerable emotions.
Do you have a great idea for adapting MSC? CMSC’s new incubator may be able to help
By Steve Hickman
The future of MSC is going to be adaptations of the program. What can you dream up?
Ultimate Courage
By Daniel Ellenberg, PhD
A startling number of men suffer in silence. They hide their pain, often from even themselves. Self-compassion leads men to the source of their own inner strength.
Shame and the Wish to Be Loved
By Chris Germer
Teaching the 3 Paradoxes of Shame in your classes
Updated Language for Course Readings for Your Participants
With the recent publication of the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, MSC teachers now have a rich new resource to share with participants.
Free “Compassion and Social Justice” Webinar Offered for MSC Teachers
by Steve Hickman
Through a collaboration with the Courage of Care organization, CMSC is proud to sponsor this free webinar for MSC teachers to explore an important and timely topic.
2019 MSC Teacher Guide Now Available for Purchase!
The New 2019 Teacher Guide has been released!
New Years Message
by Chris Germer
I had the privilege of hosting the MSC Circles of Practice on New Year’s Eve day with MSC graduates and teachers from all over the world. As a community, I think we stepped beyond the usual new year “fix this and do that” and into a shared space of potential and power.
6 Ways Dogs Teach Us Self-Compassion
A recent study examined the effects of dog ownership on veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic stress. This research suggests that being a dog owner may be a way to access and cultivate the warmth and comfort provided by self-compassion through connecting with the loving presence of a canine friend.
How About Making an “Old Year’s Resolution” to Be More Self-Compassionate in the New Year?
By Steve Hickman
“The beatings will continue until morale improves!” In the new year, what would it be like to motivate yourself out of love and positive regard for yourself rather than criticism, judgment and shaming?
Teaching an 8-week Course with The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
by Martin Thomson-Jones
Less pressure on teachers, more reinforcement for participants.
Taking to the Road With an Open Heart: Adventures in Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Vietnam
Written by Cassondra Graff, M.S., LCSW
Something inside me said “Go!” So I did.
I went to Vietnam in the Spring of 2018 with an international delegation of like-minded people with two objectives: firstly, to bring the Mindful Self-Compassion, MSC program to Vietnam and make the program more accessible to the locals; and secondly to enable Vietnam to self-sustain MSC programs in the future. We would ultimately achieve these objectives with our Vietnamese partners and the generosity of people from all over the world…
Zoom 컨설테이션 회기: 좋은 사례가 아닌 경우
모든 MSC지도자는 Trained Teacher가 되기 위해 반드시 그룹 Zoom 컨설테이션 회기에 참여해야 합니다. 그런데 컨설테이션 회기에 한번도 참석하지 않거나 10회기를 마치지 않고 MSC를 가르치는 선생님들이 있다는 사실을 알게 되었습니다. 그래서 CMSC는 trained teacher가 되기 위한 절차에 대해서 분명하게 알려드립니다. 일단 6박 7일간의 MSC지도자 훈련과정을 마치게 되면 여러분은 [훈련 중에 있는 지도자 (Teacher in Training)]로간주됩니다.이 때반드시 10번의 온라인 Zoom 그룹컨설테이션에 등록해야 MSC 프로그램을…
Zoom 网络督导：不仅仅是一个好主意
我们注意到，在世界各地有一些教授MSC的人从未参加或完整参加过成为静观自我关怀正式老师(Trained Teacher)所必须参加的Zoom网络督导——这是获得正式老师资质的必修课。这一令人警醒的消息促使CMSC进一步阐明和澄清我们关于教授MSC的政策，以及如何成为一名静观自我关怀正式老师。
When the Dopamine Blinders Come Off, Self-Compassion is There
by Michelle Becker
How compassion for our partner and ourselves can help when disillusionment and negativity bias kick in.
Self-Compassionate Parenting Through Addiction Recovery
by Catherine Polan Orzech
Mothers in recovery face the challenges as parents that others of us will never have to face. But they also face many of the same internal hurdles that bedevil all parents. We can learn from them, and with them, how learning to parent ourselves with mindfulness and compassion can help us engage with and recover from our own daily challenges in the amazing journey of being a parent.
