Be Your Own Best Friend: Self-Compassion for Stress Reduction

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, Mindfulness and Insight Meditation Teacher at InsightLA, Los Angeles
What: Try this short three-step self-compassion practice to help you recover more quickly from stress. Simply treat yourself the way you would treat a dear friend!
Effectiveness: Mindful self-compassion has been widely researched in recent years and found effective in a wide variety of mental health and wellbeing variables. For more information and research please go to: self-compassio...
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Dr. Wolf is a physician turned mindfulness and insight meditation teacher. She is the co-author of “A Clinician’s Guide To Teaching Mindfulness” and together with her co-author Dr. Greg Serpa leads the national Mindfulness Facilitator Training for Clinicians at the VA (Department of Veteran Affairs).