New research out of UC Berkeley tested whether the problem is with the technique or the habit, assigning nearly 500 adults to ...

This toxic inner narrative often operates on loop, silently eroding our self-esteem and driving up our anxiety levels. We ...

Self-compassion is the ongoing practice of relating to yourself kindly and fairly. It is especially helpful during times of stress and suffering. Self-compassion is not kicking yourself when you’re ...

I am Dr. Rin, an evidence creator, translator, and social implementer, principal investigator, PhD, and an AuDHD individual ...

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 ...

One of the advantages of doing what I do for so many years is that patterns start to jump out at you. When you read as much about new studies and success hacks as I do, you notice when a particular ...

Meet Dr Barbara Markway! She's a psychologist who did a 1 year self-compassion project. Please tell us about your self-compassion project. I loved Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project, and I thought ...

You are sitting at lunch at your desk, worrying that the report you just finished isn’t good enough. You know about the benefits of self-compassion and wonder if practicing it would make you feel ...

Research suggests that having self-compassion can have more impact on your mental health than you might think.

Can you relate? Have you ever experienced a setback, which may have been an innocent occurrence, to speak judgment upon your life? Have you ever felt the crush of discouragement or self-recrimination ...

I’ve heard it from music performers of all kinds, from highly trained classical musicians to the regular singers at my small town bar’s karaoke night: “I’m my own worst critic,” they’ll tell me as ...