Do you find yourself being harshly self-critical after you’ve made a mistake or failed to meet a personal goal? Familiar self-statements might be: “I can’t seem to do anything right!” or “I’m just not ...

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 ...

Sometimes, we expect too much from ourselves through rough times instead of granting ourselves self-compassion. In doing so, we often can judge ourselves harshly when our goals are not met or we just ...

I had an interesting conversation with a client recently in session. We were discussing creating new habits around movement. He raised the topic of self-discipline and how that comes into play when ...

Empathy is essential for leadership—but constant caregiving can extract a heavy toll on leaders. We even see such leaders within our own teams who struggle to watch them burn themselves out. So how ...

Imagine you’re coming home from work at the end of a long day. You feel tired and distracted, and you might be looking forward to an evening of relaxing on the couch—but you also know you need to put ...

Be reflective and expand beyond cultural competence to cultural humility. Cultural competence has become a familiar phrase in ...

Scientists have a problem studying self-love. Research abounds on self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, and even unconditional positive self-regard. Scholars have published definitions of these ...