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Loneliness isn’t always about who is around us.
Sometimes, it’s about how far we’ve drifted from ourselves.
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Self-compassion invites us back into our own presence.
Not to fix or force anything, but to meet ourselves with kindness and care.
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#selfcompassion #belonging #loneliness #emotionalwellbeing #mindfulselfcompassion

Join our community for a guest conversation with Lorraine M. Hobbs,M.A., Director of Family Programs at the UCSD Center for Mindfulness and a licensed family therapist with extensive experience leading adolescent treatment programs. She has created curricula for multiple age groups, including her pioneering Mindful & Compassionate Parenting program, and is the co-author of Making Friends with Yourself: A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Teens & Young Adults. She is also the creator of a self-compassion training and curriculum for educators and an AI chatbot for children.
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In this conversation, we’ll explore how self-compassion can help children and teens develop emotional well-being.
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🗓️ When: Wednesday, June 3rd
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM CT
📍 Where: Zoom
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💬 Comment “LORRAINE” below and I’ll DM you a link to sign up. Note that this event is only open to Self-Compassion Community members, but you can get a one-time guest pass.

What if the harshest voice in your head was replaced by the best coach you ever had?

Kristin Neff trained NCAA athletes in self-compassion on the No Magic Pill podcast and the results are not what most competitive people would expect. When she taught them to treat themselves the way a great coach would, their performance actually improved. Rated by both the coaches and the athletes themselves.

And here is what a great coach does not do. They do not say do not worry about it, you are fine, when you are not fine. But they also do not tear you apart and tell you that you are worthless unless you get it right. They say I believe in you. Here is what would help. They give you honest, constructive feedback from a place of genuine care. That is it.

Most of us were never taught to do that for ourselves. We either go too soft and avoid the truth or we go to war with ourselves and call it discipline. Kristin's research shows that neither works as well as the middle path. Separate your worth as a person from your performance. Care deeply about improving. And talk to yourself the way someone who truly believed in you would.

I wish someone had taught me this when I was playing competitive tennis. It would have changed everything.

What would you do differently if your inner voice sounded more like your best coach and less like your worst critic?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

Most people think burnout happens because you stopped caring.

Kristin Neff told me on the No Magic Pill podcast that it's actually the opposite. The more you care, the more susceptible you are to burnout. Because it means more to you. So when the overwhelm hits and you have no self-compassion to fall back on, your brain does something counterintuitive. It starts caring less just to cope. Then you blame yourself for caring less. Then you spiral.

I lived in that loop for years. Overcommitted, overwhelmed, shutting down, and then beating myself up for shutting down. Nobody ever told me that the spiral wasn't a character flaw. It was a completely predictable response to never asking myself one simple question. Is this too much for me right now?

That question alone could have saved me years of unnecessary pain.

Are you in that spiral right now or have you found a way out of it?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

💛 What would you say to a good friend who’s just messed up? Why would what you’d say to yourself be any different?

Self-esteem starts with self-talk. @neffselfcompassion covers practical ways to encourage our kids to be more self-compassionate that are tactile, audible, and by example, and reminds us that our worth is dependent not on success, but on how we treat ourselves.

⬆️ Subscribe to Raising Us: A Parenting Podcast with @elisewho on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio.

#TheSonRiseProject, #MentalHealth, #KidsMentalHealth, #SelfEsteem, #ConfidentKids

Raising Us S2.5E02: Teaching Kids Self-Compassion to Support Mental Health | Kelli Joy Richardson & Dr. Kristin Neff

The research says that removing your self-worth from your performance actually makes you perform better. That is not intuitive. But it is true.

Kristin Neff walked me through the science on the No Magic Pill podcast and it brought me straight back to being a competitive tennis player who could not get a serve in the court during a match I was favored to win. I had tied my entire identity to the outcome. And the moment the pressure was on, my subconscious took over. The background noise got so loud I could not function. What is this going to mean? What happens if I lose? Who am I if I don't win this?

That is not a mental weakness. That is what happens to any human being who has attached their worth to a result. Kristin's research shows that when you know, win or lose, I am enough as a person, that noise quiets down. You stop taking it personally. You get out of your own way. And paradoxically you perform at a higher level because your mind is finally free to just focus on what is in front of you.

Feeling enough is not the soft option. It is the competitive advantage nobody talks about.

Have you ever let the pressure of what something meant about you get in the way of actually performing?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

I built TOMS into a company that gave away 100 million pairs of shoes. And for most of that journey I was running on extrinsic motivation without even knowing it had a name.

I was doing it to prove something. To appear good. To earn my place. Kristin Neff came on the No Magic Pill podcast and gave me the language for something I had never been able to articulate. There are two reasons anyone does anything. Because they want to. Or because they feel they have to. And most high performers, myself included, have built entire careers on the second one while telling themselves it was the first.

Here is what Kristin taught me that I have not stopped thinking about. That flow state that athletes describe where everything rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is intrinsic motivation in its purest form. You cannot force your way into it. You cannot perform your way into it. The background noise of what will people think, what does this mean if I fail, am I enough, that noise is exactly what blocks it.

The path to flow is not more hustle. It is more honesty about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place.

I had to learn to say no to my own excitement. Not out of harshness but out of care. Sustainable and healthy is not giving up. It is wisdom.

Are you doing what you are doing because you want to or because you feel you have to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

I built TOMS into a company that gave away 100 million pairs of shoes. And for most of that journey I was running on extrinsic motivation without even knowing it had a name.

I was doing it to prove something. To appear good. To earn my place. Kristin Neff came on the No Magic Pill podcast and gave me the language for something I had never been able to articulate. There are two reasons anyone does anything. Because they want to. Or because they feel they have to. And most high performers, myself included, have built entire careers on the second one while telling themselves it was the first.

Here is what Kristin taught me that I have not stopped thinking about. That flow state that athletes describe where everything rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is intrinsic motivation in its purest form. You cannot force your way into it. You cannot perform your way into it. The background noise of what will people think, what does this mean if I fail, am I enough, that noise is exactly what blocks it.

The path to flow is not more hustle. It is more honesty about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place.

I had to learn to say no to my own excitement. Not out of harshness but out of care. Sustainable and healthy is not giving up. It is wisdom.

Are you doing what you are doing because you want to or because you feel you have to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

I built TOMS into a company that gave away 100 million pairs of shoes. And for most of that journey I was running on extrinsic motivation without even knowing it had a name.

I was doing it to prove something. To appear good. To earn my place. Kristin Neff came on the No Magic Pill podcast and gave me the language for something I had never been able to articulate. There are two reasons anyone does anything. Because they want to. Or because they feel they have to. And most high performers, myself included, have built entire careers on the second one while telling themselves it was the first.

Here is what Kristin taught me that I have not stopped thinking about. That flow state that athletes describe where everything rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is intrinsic motivation in its purest form. You cannot force your way into it. You cannot perform your way into it. The background noise of what will people think, what does this mean if I fail, am I enough, that noise is exactly what blocks it.

The path to flow is not more hustle. It is more honesty about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place.

I had to learn to say no to my own excitement. Not out of harshness but out of care. Sustainable and healthy is not giving up. It is wisdom.

Are you doing what you are doing because you want to or because you feel you have to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

I built TOMS into a company that gave away 100 million pairs of shoes. And for most of that journey I was running on extrinsic motivation without even knowing it had a name.

I was doing it to prove something. To appear good. To earn my place. Kristin Neff came on the No Magic Pill podcast and gave me the language for something I had never been able to articulate. There are two reasons anyone does anything. Because they want to. Or because they feel they have to. And most high performers, myself included, have built entire careers on the second one while telling themselves it was the first.

Here is what Kristin taught me that I have not stopped thinking about. That flow state that athletes describe where everything rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is intrinsic motivation in its purest form. You cannot force your way into it. You cannot perform your way into it. The background noise of what will people think, what does this mean if I fail, am I enough, that noise is exactly what blocks it.

The path to flow is not more hustle. It is more honesty about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place.

I had to learn to say no to my own excitement. Not out of harshness but out of care. Sustainable and healthy is not giving up. It is wisdom.

Are you doing what you are doing because you want to or because you feel you have to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

I built TOMS into a company that gave away 100 million pairs of shoes. And for most of that journey I was running on extrinsic motivation without even knowing it had a name.

I was doing it to prove something. To appear good. To earn my place. Kristin Neff came on the No Magic Pill podcast and gave me the language for something I had never been able to articulate. There are two reasons anyone does anything. Because they want to. Or because they feel they have to. And most high performers, myself included, have built entire careers on the second one while telling themselves it was the first.

Here is what Kristin taught me that I have not stopped thinking about. That flow state that athletes describe where everything rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is intrinsic motivation in its purest form. You cannot force your way into it. You cannot perform your way into it. The background noise of what will people think, what does this mean if I fail, am I enough, that noise is exactly what blocks it.

The path to flow is not more hustle. It is more honesty about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place.

I had to learn to say no to my own excitement. Not out of harshness but out of care. Sustainable and healthy is not giving up. It is wisdom.

Are you doing what you are doing because you want to or because you feel you have to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

Join me for a Self-Compassion for Caregivers workshop on Saturday, May 30th. Self-compassion is crucial for caregivers because it allows us to resource ourselves so that we can sustain giving to others without burning out.
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This workshop will present theory and research on the key role that self-compassion plays for caregivers. A variety of practices will be taught that can help you maintain equilibrium in difficult caregiving situations. You will also explore how to meet your needs in a balanced and fulfilling manner.
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The workshop is relevant for the general public as well as professional caregivers.
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📆 Saturday, May 30th
⏰ 11:00 AM - 2:15 PM CT
📍 Zoom
📚 CE Credits available
💫 Self-Compassion Community annual members receive 25% off
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Comment “CAREGIVERS” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!
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#SelfCompassion #Caregivers #KristinNeff

Join me for a Self-Compassion for Caregivers workshop on Saturday, May 30th. Self-compassion is crucial for caregivers because it allows us to resource ourselves so that we can sustain giving to others without burning out.
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This workshop will present theory and research on the key role that self-compassion plays for caregivers. A variety of practices will be taught that can help you maintain equilibrium in difficult caregiving situations. You will also explore how to meet your needs in a balanced and fulfilling manner.
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The workshop is relevant for the general public as well as professional caregivers.
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📆 Saturday, May 30th
⏰ 11:00 AM - 2:15 PM CT
📍 Zoom
📚 CE Credits available
💫 Self-Compassion Community annual members receive 25% off
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Comment “CAREGIVERS” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!
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#SelfCompassion #Caregivers #KristinNeff

Join me for a Self-Compassion for Caregivers workshop on Saturday, May 30th. Self-compassion is crucial for caregivers because it allows us to resource ourselves so that we can sustain giving to others without burning out.
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This workshop will present theory and research on the key role that self-compassion plays for caregivers. A variety of practices will be taught that can help you maintain equilibrium in difficult caregiving situations. You will also explore how to meet your needs in a balanced and fulfilling manner.
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The workshop is relevant for the general public as well as professional caregivers.
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📆 Saturday, May 30th
⏰ 11:00 AM - 2:15 PM CT
📍 Zoom
📚 CE Credits available
💫 Self-Compassion Community annual members receive 25% off
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Comment “CAREGIVERS” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!
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#SelfCompassion #Caregivers #KristinNeff

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
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This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
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SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
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Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
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This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
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SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
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Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
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This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
ㅤ
SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
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Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
ㅤ
This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
ㅤ
SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
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Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
ㅤ
This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
ㅤ
SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
ㅤ
Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

We're thrilled to announce that the Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion is now open for registration!
ㅤ
This six-week live online course teaches the core practices of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion program in a format that fits your busy life.
ㅤ
SC-MSC covers the essential skills of self-compassion — responding to difficulty with kindness and support, motivating ourselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism, working with painful emotions, and sustaining compassion for others — in just 9 hours of live instruction, spread across six weeks.
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Every course is taught live via Zoom by one of our highly trained Self-Compassion Community (SCC) mentors.What’s unique about our offering is that every registration includes 6 months of Self-Compassion Community membership - allowing you to deepen your learning and integrate it into daily life. Get access to monthly Gatherings with Kristin, weekly mentor sessions, 50+ guided audio practices, and more.
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Four start dates are available:
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📅 Thursdays starting June 11 (11:00 AM CT) — with Amy Noelle
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📅 Tuesdays starting June 23 (7:00 PM CT) — with Laila Narsi
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📅 Saturdays starting July 11 (12:00 PM CT) — with James Rosser
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📅 Wednesdays starting July 22 (5:30 PM CT) — with Aimee Eckhardt
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Tuition is $395. Scholarships are available. CE credits offered for licensed professionals.
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Comment “COURSE” below, and we’ll DM you the registration link!

I spent most of my life doing things for the wrong reason and had no idea there was even a word for it.

Kristin Neff broke it down on the No Magic Pill podcast in the simplest way I have ever heard. Intrinsic motivation is doing something because you want to, because it fulfills your values, because it lights you up. Extrinsic motivation is doing it to look good, to meet someone else's expectations, or because you are terrified of disappointing people. I lived in extrinsic for a long time. Built a company from it. Won awards from it. And burned out completely from it.

What Kristin said next is what stopped me. That flow state that athletes describe, where everything just rises naturally and performance feels effortless, that is almost always a state of intrinsic motivation. You are not pushing. You are not performing for anyone. You are just fully in it because it feels right.

I have felt that state. And I have also spent years chasing it through extrinsic fuel and wondering why it never lasted.

When was the last time you did something purely because it felt right and not because of what anyone else would think?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion

Every year on May 21, we celebrate World Meditation Day—a time to honor meditation’s positive impact on mental and physical well-being.
In our busy, fast-paced lives, this day reminds us to pause and reconnect—whether through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or self-compassion practices.
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But meditation doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes, the most healing practice is simply treating yourself like you would a good friend in the midst of struggle.
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The Compassionate Friend is a brief meditation that does just that, its a guided visualization that helps you meet an inner compassionate friend who can help you at any moment.
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Ready to try it? Comment “Friend” below and we’ll DM you the free guided Compassionate Friend meditation.
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#WorldMeditationDay #KristinNeff #MindfulSelfCompassion #MentalHealthAwareness

Every year on May 21, we celebrate World Meditation Day—a time to honor meditation’s positive impact on mental and physical well-being.
In our busy, fast-paced lives, this day reminds us to pause and reconnect—whether through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or self-compassion practices.
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But meditation doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes, the most healing practice is simply treating yourself like you would a good friend in the midst of struggle.
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The Compassionate Friend is a brief meditation that does just that, its a guided visualization that helps you meet an inner compassionate friend who can help you at any moment.
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Ready to try it? Comment “Friend” below and we’ll DM you the free guided Compassionate Friend meditation.
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#WorldMeditationDay #KristinNeff #MindfulSelfCompassion #MentalHealthAwareness

Every year on May 21, we celebrate World Meditation Day—a time to honor meditation’s positive impact on mental and physical well-being.
In our busy, fast-paced lives, this day reminds us to pause and reconnect—whether through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or self-compassion practices.
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But meditation doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes, the most healing practice is simply treating yourself like you would a good friend in the midst of struggle.
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The Compassionate Friend is a brief meditation that does just that, its a guided visualization that helps you meet an inner compassionate friend who can help you at any moment.
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Ready to try it? Comment “Friend” below and we’ll DM you the free guided Compassionate Friend meditation.
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#WorldMeditationDay #KristinNeff #MindfulSelfCompassion #MentalHealthAwareness

Every year on May 21, we celebrate World Meditation Day—a time to honor meditation’s positive impact on mental and physical well-being.
In our busy, fast-paced lives, this day reminds us to pause and reconnect—whether through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or self-compassion practices.
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But meditation doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes, the most healing practice is simply treating yourself like you would a good friend in the midst of struggle.
ㅤ
The Compassionate Friend is a brief meditation that does just that, its a guided visualization that helps you meet an inner compassionate friend who can help you at any moment.
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Ready to try it? Comment “Friend” below and we’ll DM you the free guided Compassionate Friend meditation.
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#WorldMeditationDay #KristinNeff #MindfulSelfCompassion #MentalHealthAwareness

Every year on May 21, we celebrate World Meditation Day—a time to honor meditation’s positive impact on mental and physical well-being.
In our busy, fast-paced lives, this day reminds us to pause and reconnect—whether through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or self-compassion practices.
ㅤ
But meditation doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes, the most healing practice is simply treating yourself like you would a good friend in the midst of struggle.
ㅤ
The Compassionate Friend is a brief meditation that does just that, its a guided visualization that helps you meet an inner compassionate friend who can help you at any moment.
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Ready to try it? Comment “Friend” below and we’ll DM you the free guided Compassionate Friend meditation.
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#WorldMeditationDay #KristinNeff #MindfulSelfCompassion #MentalHealthAwareness

The person I have had to learn to say no to the most is myself.

Kristin Neff said something on the No Magic Pill podcast that I have probably thought about every single day since we recorded it. You don't have to do everything that you have a great idea to get done. The excitement is not the green light. And for someone like me who runs on enthusiasm and big ideas, that was a hard truth to sit with.

But here is the part that really landed. When you know you have done enough, you actually end up doing more. Not because you feel you have to. Because you want to. That is the difference between a life that feels like obligation and a life that feels like purpose. I spent decades in the have to. Building companies, launching projects, saying yes to everything my excitement told me to chase. And I burned out every single time.

The want to is quieter. But it is so much more sustainable.

What is something you are doing right now out of have to that you wish felt like want to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @neffselfcompassion