Self Compassion

What is it about our culture that makes it so darned hard for girls to have good body image? Why, in fact, does bad body image plague America's great, multi-generational sorority?

Although the term "compassion fatigue" is well-known, some psychologists are starting to argue that the term should be changed to "empathy fatigue."

It is unrealistic to expect compassion from others when we are abandoning ourselves. If you want to experience the power of being "grokked" by others, you first need to "grok" yourself!

Every now and then, you meet someone who changes your world. For me, that most recent someone is a remarkably wise and compassionate colleague, Christopher Germer.

Tricia Donegan, the owner and director of New York's Bikram Yoga Lower East Side, stepped out of her hot yoga studio once again to answer her "celly," as she calls her cell phone, and a few questions about how to end America's addiction to being skinny.

Last year, New York Times health writer Tara Parker-Pope interviewed me about my weight loss views. This year, it was my turn to interview her about hers.

The holidays are supposed to be all about comfort and joy, but they're more often about discomfort and self-disgust, at least for women. Not only 'tis the season to shop 'til you drop, 'tis also the season to overindulge, then beat yourself up for overindulging.

If your Thanksgiving Day feast has already become last weekend's regrettable splurge, you're probably feeling lousy about yourself right about now. What's more, you're probably thinking that getting down on yourself for overindulging is part of the cure.

There is a vast difference between feeling sorry for yourself and feeling kindness toward yourself.

It's easy to treat people well when they treat you well. The real test is when they treat you badly.

Breast cancer awareness month may have come and almost gone, but there's good reason every season to stay aware and take good care, especially 'round meal-time, says Chef Chuck White, Sheryl Crow's private chef and co-author of the New York Times bestselling cookbook,"If It Makes You Healthy."

We've been in the "information age" for a while and I see the post-mindful era as a "wisdom age" -- a time when people are more flexible, caring and in touch with what works and what doesn't in life.

To be a stable giver, it is important to have boundaries, emotional honesty and emotional responsibility.

By Angelica Catalano for YouBeauty.com Do you handle tough times by getting even tougher on yourself? Tearing yourself down with self-criticis...

On a wise professor's advice to pursue her passion for self-compassion and make the world a better place, Kristin Neff took a leap of faith.

The power of self-compassion is not just an idea; it's very real and actually manifests in our bodies. When we soothe our own pain, we are tapping into the mammalian care-giving system.

As unemployment, gas and grocery prices are on the rise, so are people's levels of anger, anxiety and frustration.

If you're afraid that Oprah's mindful-eating coach, Geneen Roth, has moved on since "The Oprah Show" came to an end, rest assured. The best-selling anti-diet book writer who inspired Oprah to stop dieting is not abandoning food issues for money problems as some fans fear.

Taking care of yourself can come in many ways. For some, it's the treat of a really good haircut, or a trip to the spa. For others, it's a quiet moment of meditation or reading a good novel.

The number-one reason people give for why they aren't more self-compassionate is the fear that they will be too easy on themselves. But is self-criticism is really the great motivator it's cracked up to be? No.

Self-compassion helps you feel more connected, less isolated. Your story is my story. We're all going to feel the same way at some point.