Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD Key Takeaways Compassion-focused therapy helps people be kinder to themselves and others.CFT works by combining compassion training with mindfulness and other ...

When I was a new mother, I had a really hard time peeling myself away to go to a yoga class or a short run. I felt selfish for exercising, and guilty for finding a moment’s peace in shavasana. But ...

Kyann Mitchner from Sunbeam Family Services highlighted the impact of compassion fatigue on individuals caring for others, offering strategies like self-assessment and gratitude to manage the ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

University of Queensland researchers have found compassion could reduce self-criticism, body shaming and depression in overweight or obese adults. Dr James Kirby from UQ's School of Psychology trialed ...