Self-compassion or self-love may be a foreign concept for some people. This is especially true for those who were raised in abusive or unloving homes, where compassion may have been non-existent. A ...

In my last column, I shared a story about my own shortcomings with compassion and asked you to reflect with me. At first, only a few of you responded, fewer than usual. It left me wondering if I might ...

This post is part one of a two-part series. Kristin Neff, PhD, is an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Self-Compassion: The ...

However, the way mindfulness is taught and described today often seems to reinforce an individualistic and secular conception ...