Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ~ Dalai Lama
Self-compassion researcher Kristin Neff, PhD explains why treating yourself as you would a good friend can have a powerful impact on health and wellbeing.
Compassion is, by definition, relational. Compassion literally means “to suffer with,” which implies a basic mutuality in the experience of suffering. The emotion of compassion springs from the recognition that the human experience is imperfect. ~Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
RECOMMENDED READING
- Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. ~Jack Kornfield