Self-compassion: Stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind [Book Review]

By Philomena Tan. 2012

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Self-Compassion as a Mediator of Maladaptive Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms in College Students (2016, background): “Self-compassion has been defined as “unconditional kindness and comfort while embracing the human experience, difficult as it is” (Neff, 2011, p. 12).”
Mechanisms of mindfulness: Rumination and self-compassion (2017, background): “Neff (2011) suggested that in order for individuals to give compassion to themselves, they first need to recognize that they are suffering.”
Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention (2014, background): “In an attempt to explain these findings, they contacted participants in the waitlist control group and discovered that 50 % reported reading books on self-compassion (e.g., Germer 2009; Neff 2011) or listening to the meditation podcasts available online at Neff and Germer’s respective websites.”
Self-Compassion and Dispositional Mindfulness Are Associated with Parenting Styles and Parenting Stress: the Mediating Role of Mindful Parenting (2016, background): “essential for good parenting by helping parents to cope with their negative emotions and particularly with the difficulties and frustrations of parenting (Moreira et al. 2015a; Neff 2011; Neff and Faso 2015).”