Dr. Kristen Neff is to self-compassion what Dr. Brené Brown is to vulnerability. A pioneer in her field, Neff wrote the book on self-compassion (several books, in fact) and was the first to examine self-compassion from an empirical standpoint. Neff begins her definition of self-compassion in this way, “Self-compassion entails being warm and understanding towards ourselves when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate, rather than ignoring our pain or flagellating ourselves with self-criticism.”[1] According to Neff, there are three critical components to self-compassion: self-kindness, common
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