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Podcast: Pain Science Podcast
Episode: Episode 104 | Dr. Kristin Neff, PhD: The Art Of Self-Compassion In Pain Care
Description: Self-compassion is a tool that you can use to improve your well-being, your self-confidence, and your resilience. It's one that we need to pay a lot more attention to in the world of pain care. What's interesting about self-compassion is that oftentimes it's easy for us to be compassionate towards others, but applying the same kindness to ourselves can be a real challenge. Moral development specialist and co-author of the book called The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, Dr. Kristin Neff, conducts research on self-compassion, a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had yet to be examined empirically. In...