The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
The eight-week MSC program in workbook form: exercises, meditations and writing prompts for treating yourself as you would a friend. Research-based and practical.
Read it if…
you are hard on yourself and want structured practice rather than theory.
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Skip it if…
you want the theory; read Neff's Self-Compassion.
Try instead: Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness →
Three things you will actually use
- Mindfulness, common humanity, kindness.
- Self-compassion is strength, not weakness.
- Practice when it is hard.
Do this first
Do the self-compassion break exercise the next time you fail at something.
Our verdict
The MSC program, on paper.
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