Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion

October 15, 2019

Cultivating Kindness and Strength in the Face of Difficulty: Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion

By Dr. Kristin Neff

CMSC Co-Founder

Kristin Neff discusses the importance of deepening our understanding of self-compassion to include self-protection, self-motivation, and providing for ourselves....

September 22, 2019

Making the Invisible Visible: Using Art to Deepen MSC Practice

By Helga Luger- Schreiner

Art is a valuable tool in expressing preverbal ideas that may otherwise remain trapped in the body. Here, Helga Luger-Schreiner inspires us to consider art as a tool when making contact with our own bodies, feelings, and emotion, allowing us to not o...

September 14, 2019

On the Road to Empowerment: Fierce Self-Compassion for Mothers

By Admin

Compassion is aimed at the alleviation of suffering—that of others or ourselves— and can be ferocious as well as tender. -Kristin Neff...

August 9, 2019

Medicine for Difficult Times

By Ravi Chandra

This incisive and thoughtful commentary teaches how self-compassion, mindfulness, and relationship can support us in coping with tragedy and violence...

October 9, 2018

Privilege, Power and a Pair of Plastic Earrings: The Inner Capacity of Self-Compassion

By Dr. Steve Hickman

CMSC Executive Director

Written by Dr. Steve Hickman
Her radiance, the lack of self-consciousness, the spirit of a Carioca (a resident of Rio) all shone through because she could embrace her true nature as a glorious, lively, perfectly imperfect human being who simply...