by DrJoyce | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog
Contributed by Amanda Habermann, M.S., Sovereign Health Keeping with our New Year’s resolutions to exercise or start a new weight loss regimen could benefit us in more ways than just shedding a few unwanted pounds; yet, many of our new goals and resolutions are...
by DrJoyce | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
by Kirsten Neff Self-Compassion is not self-pity. When individuals feel self-pity, they become immersed in their own problems and forget that others have similar problems. They ignore their interconnections with others, and instead feel that they are the only ones in...
by DrJoyce | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog
Kirsten Neff Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a “stiff upper lip” mentality, you stop to tell yourself...
by DrJoyce | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog
Having compassion for oneself is really no different than having compassion for others. Think about what the experience of compassion feels like. First, to have compassion for others you must notice that they are suffering. If you ignore that homeless person on the...
by DrJoyce | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog
Compassion isn’t always soft and gentle; sometimes it means being forceful and fierce. BY KRISTIN NEFF | In the recent Senate confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford stood up to tell the world about her memories of the humiliating...
