January 23rd & 24th, MSC Renewal Core Skills Workshop with Aimee Eckhardt and David Fredrickson

Course Description
This adapted Core Skills workshop offers an immersive experience designed for participants who already have some familiarity with Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Live Online MSC (LOMSC), or other contemplative self-compassion practices. Rather than introducing the full MSC curriculum, this gathering provides an opportunity to renew, deepen, and reconnect with the heart of self-compassion through experiential practice.

The workshop emphasizes the core capacities of mindful awareness, self-kindness, and a sense of shared humanity, inviting participants to revisit foundational practices with fresh perspective. With less didactic instruction and more time for guided meditation, inquiry, and reflection, the course creates space for participants to rest, restore, reinvest, and expand their personal practice in community.

Grounded in more than two decades of research, self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional resilience, reduced stress and burnout, increased motivation, and greater relational wellbeing. For those who have already begun cultivating these skills, returning to the essentials can strengthen and stabilize the inner resources that support compassionate presence in both personal and professional settings.

Who This Workshop Is For

• MSC or LOMSC graduates
  
• MSC teachers or trainees
  
• Practitioners with experience in compassion or mindfulness-based programs
  
• Individuals wanting to refresh or rekindle their connection to self-compassion
  
  

This two-day course is designed for participants with prior MSC experience, offering opportunities to deepen practice, engage in reflection and inquiry, and revisit core exercises and principles.

Examples of Relevant Prior Experience

• Completion of the 8-week MSC course (online or in person)
• Completion of the 5- or 6-day MSC Intensive
• Participation in LOMSC or shorter MSC programs (e.g., Intro to MSC, MSC Core Skills, half-day workshops)
• Ongoing practice through Circles of Practice or MSC-informed groups
• Self-guided work with the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
• Training in related modalities (e.g., CFT, MBSR) combined with familiarity with MSC practices

Access to Materials and Session Recordings
After you complete each course or workshop, you'll have access to the content for 90 days if you want to review it at your convenience.

Please note that we will record each live session, and the recordings will be available within 48 hours in the respective lesson of the course.

Refunds
For any refund requests, questions regarding the course or the registration process, please fill out the refund form here.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

- Identify the three key components of self-compassion

-Describe key research that supports the benefits of self-compassion

-Apply techniques to increase self-compassion in everyday life

-Use self-compassion to alleviate caregiver burnout

-Implement self-compassion practice to motivate behavior change

-Develop and apply self-compassion practices to respond to feelings of failure or inadequacy

with self-kindness

-Assess and manage difficult situations and emotions with greater moment-to-moment

acceptance

Additionally, participants may:

• Reconnect with the three core components of self-compassion through refreshed, experiential practice
• Deepen moment-to-moment awareness and acceptance during emotional challenges
• Apply self-compassion practices to strengthen resilience and prevent burnout
• Reorient their personal practice around self-kindness, protection, and inner motivation
• Integrate embodied practices—such as supportive touch, gesture, and savoring—to sustain wellbeing
• Cultivate greater ease, appreciation, and compassion in relationships
• Renew their capacity to meet experiences of failure or inadequacy with warmth and understanding
• Reaffirm habits of daily practice to support ongoing emotional and relational balance
• Revisit familiar MSC exercises with deeper insight, nuance, and personal resonance
• Explore advanced forms of inquiry in a supportive community
• Strengthen their ability to offer compassionate presence to others
• Identify ways to weave self-compassion back into leadership, caregiving, and professional roles

Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 11.0 hours of credit.

California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. 11.0 contact hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if APA accreditation meets their requirements.

Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 13.0 contact hours.

Purchase CEs for this course by selecting the Registration + Continuing Education option above.