Harnessing Fierce Self-Compassion to Speak Up & Claim Your Power with Dr. Kristin Neff (Therapist Uncensored Podcast)

Kristin Neff · 1h 01m · podcasts.apple.com ↗

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0:05:56

Our reading
Self-compassion can be fierce as well as tender: protecting yourself, speaking up and taking action.

Their wordsit can also be fierce, like a mama bear, you know, protecting yourself, standing up yourself, speaking up, making change
1 min later
0:06:59

Our reading
Everyone needs a balance of fierce and tender self-compassion, like yin and yang.

Their wordseveryone needs self-compassion, everyone needs the balance of fierce and tender
1 min later
0:08:17

Our reading
People think of compassion only as tender acceptance, though acts like protecting a child are compassion too.

Their wordswe only tend to think of the tender acceptance when we hear words like compassion
2 min later
0:10:43

Our reading
When we feel inadequate or make a mistake we go into threat defence, which blocks the care response we give others.

Their wordswe go into threat defense mode, fight, flight, or freeze
3 min later
0:13:15

Our reading
The first component of self-compassion is mindfulness: the willingness to turn toward and be aware of pain.

Their wordsthe first is mindfulness, which is the awareness, the willingness to turn toward and be aware of pain