Fierce Self-Compassion
by Kristin Neff
Neff adds the yang to the yin: self-compassion is not only soothing but also protecting, providing and motivating, saying no, setting boundaries, demanding change. It is written for women and the pressures on them, with research and exercises, and it corrects the misreading of self-compassion as passivity.
Read it if…
you think self-compassion means being soft and you need a version with teeth.
Skip it if…
you have not read her first book; this assumes it.
Three things you will actually use
- Fierce and tender are both compassion.
- Protect yourself; anger can be caring.
- Motivate from care, not from fear.
Do this first
Identify one boundary you need to set and set it as an act of self-compassion.
Our verdict
A needed correction.
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