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KRISTIN NEFF is an associate professor in the University of Texas at Austin's department of educational psychology. She created the Self-compassion Scales, and has been credited with conducting the ...

It turns out, I don’t like myself very much--and I’m not just saying that. I recently confirmed what I long believed to be true by taking The Self-Compassion Test. The online quiz, created by Kristin ...

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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 ...

When was the last time you stopped picking apart a project you’ve completed, and simply congratulated yourself for a job well done? Or, better yet, accepted a mistake you made without spending hours ...

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 ...

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 ...