Challenges to Self-Compassion On first review, cultivating self-compassion may appear to be an effective strategy for anyone to deal with destructive emotions, including anger. However, my clinical ...

Making the connection between the fact that you were either abused (verbally, emotionally, physically or sexually) or ...

The Buddhist proverb of the day, “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die,” ...

Can we talk about anger today? I mean, specifically, what to do when you are really, really angry with someone. Not just for the first five minutes or hours after the thing happened to set you off, ...

In my last column, I wrote about how important it is to choose leaders who can move us closer to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a Beloved Community. I received so many heartfelt responses from ...

To be truly compassionate toward others, do we first have to be compassionate toward ourselves? Some researchers have suggested that these two types of compassion are linked, although this might not ...

While we may have heard that it’s important to treat ourselves with kindness, sometimes this is easier said than done, especially when we’re under stress. When we’re facing challenging circumstances, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. This article is more than 2 years old. The science of ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Over the trajectory of your career, self-judgment and ...

Opinion: Self-compassion and freedom from the inner critic aren’t wellness concepts; they are risk-management and bottom-line ...