Kristin Neff, Ph.D on Instagram: “Sunday Self-Care 🪴 Kristin on Nurturing Yourself with Self-Compassion “The number one thing I’ve found in my research is that people…”

“At the most basic level, self-compassion simply requires being a good friend to ourselves.” — Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion, Kristin Neff

“What’s more important than the intensity of the challenge you face in life is how you relate to yourself in the midst of it.” - Kristin Neff

Graphic recorder Johnine Byrne created this wonderful graphic recording of Kristin Neff's three steps for self-compassion.

“It becomes understood that happiness is not dependent on circumstances being exactly as we want them to be, or on ourselves being exactly as we’d like to be. Rather, happiness stems from loving ourselves and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and failure are all essential to the full human experience.” ― Kristin Neff