When something doesn’t go the way we hoped, it’s easy to make it about who we are. A small shift can help us see the ...

In her tremendously popular first book, Self-Compassion, psychologist Kristin Neff, Ph.D., transformed our approach to self-care and how we see our relationship with ourselves. Based on research, she ...

Feeling really, truly good about yourself may seem like a straightforward goal, but it's actually the result of developing both self-compassion and confidence. Building the latter usually means ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

On the long list of wants in life — to be healthy, happy, fulfilled — feeling really, truly good about yourself likely takes a top spot for many people. And that comes with building confidence, which ...

The final exam period tends to be one of the most stressful times of the year, making it one of the best times to practice self-compassion. Self-compassion is marked by how we graciously relate to ...

Ahead of Yom Kippur, research on self-compassion offers a different way to respond to mistakes: with less self-criticism, ...

In the late 1960s Canadian psychotherapist Nathaniel Branden unintentionally sparked what would become the self-esteem movement when he published his international bestseller, “The Psychology of ...

Practice viewing failure as a single event rather than as a reflection of yourself. Mentally strong people are not people who ...

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