Dr Kristin Neff

Neff is internationally recognized as a pioneering researcher into self compassion and has developed a.

Dr kristin neff. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading tedx is a program of local self organized events that bring people together to share a ted like experience. Kristin neff s research interests center on the psychological health benefits of self compassion. By kristin neff ph d. Associate professor human development culture and learning sciences educational psychology department the university of texas at austin e mail.

The long scale consists of 26 items and the short scale consists of 12 items. She has been credited with conducting the first academic studies into self compassion. The world s leading researcher of self compassion and founder of the mindful self compassion program explains the core features of self compassion. Self compassion is a concept borrowed from buddhist psychology and entails self kindness feelings of interconnectedness and mindfulness.

She created the self compassion scales. Neff for a talk or a workshop on self compassion. Dr kristin neff shows how we can be happier and better placed to help others by learning to be kind and compassionate to ourselves. Released by william morrow april 2011.

This talk was filmed. T he relentless search for high self esteem has become a virtual religion. And a tyrannical one at that.