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The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

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The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

By: Christopher K. Germer
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
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"Buck up." "Stop feeling sorry for yourself." "Don't ruin everything." When you are anxious, sad, angry, or lonely, do you hear this self-critical voice? What would happen if, instead of fighting difficult emotions, we accepted them?

Over his decades of experience as a therapist and mindfulness meditation practitioner, Dr. Christopher Germer has learned a paradoxical lesson: We all want to avoid pain, but letting it in and responding compassionately to our own imperfections are essential steps on the path to healing. This wise and eloquent book illuminates the power of self-compassion and offers creative, scientifically grounded strategies for putting it into action. You'll master practical techniques for living more fully in the present moment - especially when hard-to-bear emotions arise - and for being kind to yourself when you need it the most.

©2009 The Guilford Press (P)2016 Tantor Emotions Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences Spirituality Compassion Mental Illness

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"[T]his book provides practical, life-changing self-help techniques, and suggestions for further readings and practice." ( Library Journal)
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Thoughtful, practical and well-explained. A wonderful guide to meditation and self-compassion for the novice. I particularly appreciated the excellent guidance on using Metta for self-compassion - has opened up many new options for my self-compassion practice. Thank you!

Perfect for the self-compassion novice

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This is a superb book with very clear and concise instructions on how to practice mindful self-compassion. Having read many books on this topic this is one of the best for it’s simplicity.

The Road to Self-Compassion

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A pleasant way to start each day by listening to self compassionate words during my morning walks.

Soothing to listen to

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It is one of my favourite books and I give it as a present many times. It is inspiring and full of effective exercises.

Love it

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very helpful and insightful. it helped me alot to establish a compassionate attitude towards myself

excellent book

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So theoretical and descriptive! Not fun to listen... lacks real life stories... Not sure if I will be able to listen until the end.

So theoretical and descriptive

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For a book discussing self-compassion there's a LOT of subtext blaming the person. It basically blames mentally ill people for being mentally ill. There's little to no acknowledgement of how culturally we are setup to be critical of ourselves. It implies that we 'choose' negative thinking. This is extremely dangerous and could lead mentally ill people into a much darker and more dangerous place.

Granted I didn't finish it so maybe this was touched on later but there was no acknowledgement of how our genes, hormones and environment can affect us. It also doesn't acknowledge how somethings are just beyond our control and thats ok.


I listened to the audio version of this and found the narrators voice very hard to follow. It was almost robotic at times.

Disappointing

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