Although Kristin Neff has been instrumental in bringing self-compassion into modern psychological discourse, the roots of this concept run deep in Eastern traditions. Spiritual leaders and ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

Feeling really, truly good about yourself may seem like a straightforward goal, but it's actually the result of developing both self-compassion and confidence. Building the latter usually means ...