The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive Paperback – Illustrated, August 29, 2018

Author is amazing. She includes practical exercises. She establishes the reason she studies, compassion. I have been to one of her online workshops.

You need to do the work and take the writing to heart or it won't work for you. I'm a cynic so it's been really hard for me, but I'm working on it!

This has made a big difference in my ability to self-regulate, and I’ve recommended it to so many people.What I really love about this is that it doesn’t dodge accountability or repair. It just makes owning your mistakes easier. And it validates anger and frustration - then channels it into positive action. It’s not even particularly upbeat, though it helps you live your best life amid all of ups and downs that are the state of the world.

This book was so useful in discovering ways to have compassion for myself. I was able to use the exercises to develop a personal growth mindset that helped me develop skills to give myself more self compassion. This book is a must if you are wanting to build self-esteem and confidence.

Good Stuff. Wonderful Ideas. A practice that can never get old. I recommend getting some post-it notes date it when doing the practices then come back to the book again and see the changes occur. Wrap your radical arms of Compassion and Acceptance around yourself 🫶🏾

I got this book at the recommendation of my therapist and boy has it changed my life. I haven’t finished it yet, but there were a few life-changing statements in the introduction alone. It has allowed me to understand that self-compassion is NOT selfish and is actually essential to surviving. It has really opened up my eyes to the MAJOR differences in the compassion I show others vs. the compassion (or lack thereof) that I show myself. I’ll admit that I’m truly devoting a lot of time to this and accepting it completely, which I have found to be the most beneficial. I have found that having a copy of an “emotion wheel” and a list of tones (positive, neutral, and negative) on hand has also been helpful in navigating some of the exercises throughout the book. I have only been working through this book for a short period of time, but it has already had a positive impact in my life.*For reference: I’m a 22 y/o female, have anxiety, depression, and avoidant personality disorder, and have been on antidepressants for years (this is my dad’s account excuse the profile pic). This book has been one of the first truly beneficial resources that I have been introduced to. It has not only helped me work on self-compassion, but it has also helped me be more mindful in situations where I’m usually very anxious and start overthinking. I would highly recommend this book.The chapters are set up by introducing a topic & providing real world examples that are easy to understand. At the end of the chapter they have exercises where they have you reflect on certain situations (they prompt you) and write down your thoughts. There’s usually a few exercises that end up with you really breaking down how you think/act. They usually address your true inner feelings that you may have been burying or ignoring (hence the emotion wheel), and they bring it back around to exercises that allow you modify the negative behaviors that you’re been reflecting on to wrap up the chapter. I personally think spending a decent amount of time on the exercises is truly beneficial to individual success.(Sorry for the novel-length review but I truly think this is an amazing resource.)

Love this workbook

As someone who has meditated for several years with little, or probably negative effect, I heartily appreciate the experience of doing meditations related to self-compassion ---- warmth, love, compassion, release of stress and better cognitive functioning.The MSC program this book introduces is an unusual program for self-improvement. Most programs don't have a scientific background. Many self-books sell strategies without rigorous studies to back them up, and using them is just like taking untested drugs, you're far more likely to be harmed than helped. While a large amount of studies have validated the benefits of self-compassion, and the MSC program has also been tested using randomized controlled trial. Moreover, if you read the paper, you'll find the effect size to be quite large. Changes (in that study) in various well-being measures (e.g. anxiety, life satisfaction) are between .5 and 1 standard deviations, indicating that the program enhances well-being deeply and globally.Though a MSC program delivered by a trainer is available, most readers of this book probably won't have access to it. So it might be more important to remember tips for using this book (they are listed at the beginning of the book), as maybe no one is going to remind you when you get stuck. The authors suggest us to increase self-compassion in a self-compassionate way ---- allow ourselves to be slow learners, experiment and select/tailor exercises according one's own conditions, try to go through inner transformation with less work, less stress, and taking responsibility for our emotional well-being by regulating level of ‘’opening". Though I have just begun this book, I've find them helpful. I often find myself "concentrate" too hard while meditating, resulting in mental tension and stress, so I tried to be gentler and ironically enjoyed higher, though still imperfect quality of focus.At last, about the motivation for self-improvement, the authors suggests that, it should not be we are "not good enough", but self-compassion ---- we truly wish ourselves well.