SELF-COMPASSION

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Dr Neff is a pioneer in self-compassion research and practice. Her website provides free resources that allow you to assess and develop your self-compassion. 

Dr Kristin Neff's 2013 19 min TED talk on self-esteem and self-compassion helps us understand self-compassion is more desirable than self-esteem. She talks about deriving benefits from learning to positively relate to ourselves through kindness, humanity, and mindfulness as opposed to developing self-esteem which is often derived from comparisons with others. 

Just want an overview? This webpage provides a concise summary of self-compassion as an alternative to self-esteem.