Many of us when approaching a new habit or setting goals for ourselves tend to lean mostly into discipline and willpower.

Providing yourself with self-compassion is going to be the most healing thing you can do for yourself. Primarily, it will help you be less critical and impatient with yourself—a habit you undoubtedly ...

Dr. Kristin Neff guides in a short practice in self-compassionate touch. Scroll down for transcript. Summary: Dr. Kristin Neff guides us through various practices of self-compassionate touch, such as ...

Granting yourself grace and compassion can be a pathway to recovery. Source: Tim Samuel/Pexels When I came home from the psychiatric ward on multiple occasions of psychosis, I just wanted to crawl in ...

Thirteen year-old Alita told me she knew there was something wrong with her—something that made her “less than.” She felt that, somehow, she was “marked” and deeply unacceptable—even ugly—inside. She ...