The 5 Big Myths of Self-Compassion

Written by Dr. K Neff

"Mindfulness—with its emphasis on being experientially open to and aware of our experience without being swept away by aversive reactivity—is necessary for self-compassion, it leaves out an essential ingredient. What distinguishes self-compassion is that it goes beyond accepting our experience as it is and adds something more—embracing the experiencer (i.e., ourselves) with warmth and tenderness when our experience is painful."

5 Myths of Self-Compassion (centerformsc.org)