Fierce Self-Compassion
Courses
Train your Mind to Cultivate Kind, Courageous Inner Support with Fierce Self-Compassion
Fierce Self-Compassion is a NEW groundbreaking 8-week program just developed by Dr. Kristin Neff and available for the first time in an extended contemplative program. Learn concepts and practices from her latest book Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive in a supportive community.
8-week program, 2 hours each week, plus a 1/2 day Retreat, 17 hours total
What You’ll Learn
- Learn to protect, motivate and assert yourself with fierce compassion, not fear
- Learn skills to feel courageous and motivated in times of challenge
- Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
- Improve personal relationships and communication
- Build confidence to thrive in your life and work
- Maintain healthy habits such as diet/exercise/self-care
When
- Wednesdays, August 10 – October 5, 2022 (skipping Sept. 21) *PROGRAM FULL
- 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
- 8-week program, plus a 1/2 day Retreat
- 2 hours each week
- Online via Zoom
What’s Included
- 20-hours of live training
- Limited capacity for personal engagement
- Downloadable Audio files
- Workbook of Practices
- Weekly Prompts and Home Practices
This 8-week program will teach you how to access both the caring and fierce qualities of self compassion to lessen the power of your inner critic, build compassionate motivation, and overcome challenges with a fierce, loving, warrior heart.
Program activities include fierce self-compassion meditations, exploring yin and yang qualities, experiential exercises, group discussion, journaling and home practices.
Fierce Self-Compassion complements tender self-compassion so that your compassion is balanced and complete.
Why Fierce Self-Compassion?
“Fierce Self-Compassion” allows us to turn to the wide spectrum of possibility in self-compassion practice, a powerful arsenal of resources for protecting, providing and motivating ourselves when things fall apart or during the simple challenges of daily life. This is the beauty of self-compassion, a practice grounded in loving connection and expressed in bold compassionate action.
In the The Fierce Self-Compassion program:
- Access both the caring and fierce qualities of self compassion
- Lessen the power of your inner critic
- Build compassionate motivation
- Gain a new empowering perspective on stressful situations
- Manage caregiver fatigue
- Reduce anxiety, depression, and stress
- Overcome challenges with a fierce, loving, warrior heart
Enrollment $375 – $575 sliding scale, includes 20 hours of participation, retreat, audio of practices and other written practice tools. Ask about payment plan or scholarships.
This program is a pilot program created by Kristin Neff and not an official CMSC program.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a program developed by Kristin Neff, the pioneering researcher in the field of self-compassion (www.Self-Compassion.org) and the author of Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind; and Christopher Germer, a clinical psychologist who specializes in mindfulness and compassion-based psychotherapy (www.MindfulSelfCompassion.org) and the author of many books including A Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. Fierce Self Compassion is adapted from both MSC and the new work of Kristin Neff on Fierce Self-Compassion.
What Will I Learn?
- Self compassion as a skill that can help you to meet life’s difficulties with more wisdom, strength and kindness.
- How to offer yourself the compassion and encouragement you would naturally extend to a dear friend or stranger.
- A courageous attitude of mind that will give you emotional stability and resilience to be more fully present with uncertainty so that you can recover from life’s difficulties and move on with more ease and confidence.
Research on Self-compassion
Research has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional well-being. It boosts happiness, reduces anxiety and depression, burnout, and can even help you stick to your diet and exercise routine. All that’s required is a shift in the direction of your attention—recognizing that as a human being, you, too, are a worthy recipient of compassion.
