Follow Now: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Kristin Neff is a pioneer in self-compassion research. She’s been studying self-compassion for more than 15 years. She’s the author of ...

Cultivating self-compassion can actually help you cope better with life’s struggles. If a friend is struggling with a big challenge or feels defeated, it’s usually our first instinct to offer words of ...

More than 20 years ago, Dr. Kristin Neff, an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, developed a framework for measuring self-compassion designed to ...

Self-compassion provides an island of calm, a refuge from the stormy seas of endless positive and negative self-judgment,” ...

You are reading our weekly Well+Being newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Many people who find it easy to be loving and generous to family members and ...

Building the latter usually means improving your self-esteem—an internal judgment of your self-worth or “an evaluation of worthiness,” says Kristin Neff, PhD, an associate professor of ...

Psychologist Kristin Neff defines self-compassion as treating oneself with kindness and care during times of struggle. Embracing self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness fosters a positive ...