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Self-Compassion

Kristin Neff

Neff defines self-compassion as three components working together: self-kindness, common humanity (failure is shared, not personal defect), and mindfulness (seeing the pain clearly without suppressing or exaggerating). Her finding that self-criticism predicts slower recovery while self-compassion predicts more motivation is the empirical spine of Book 3's Chapter 10 claim that the kind response is the capable one.