The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
by Christopher K. Germer
A clinical psychologist's guide to treating yourself as you would a friend: the research on self-compassion, mindfulness and loving-kindness practices, and how to apply them to shame, anxiety and relationship pain. It is gentle, clinical and specific, with many exercises.
Read it if…
you are hard on yourself and want a structured way to change that.
Skip it if…
you want Kristin Neff's research voice; this is the clinician's.
Three things you will actually use
- Self-compassion is a practice, not a feeling.
- Soften, soothe, allow.
- What you resist persists; what you hold with kindness changes.
Do this first
Put a hand on your heart in a hard moment and say: this is a moment of suffering; may I be kind to myself.
Our verdict
Gentle and specific.
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