Self-compassion is very important for emotional well-being. Every human being is confronted with hardships and emotional pain at times. When we can acknowledge our struggle and pain in those moments and treat ourselves with warmth and kindness, then our suffering will be less. Just think of the situation that a mother comforts her child who just hurt himself; her compassion doesn’t make the pain immediately go away. But the child will feel so much better than without this compassionate attention.

Research shows that self-compassion is even more important for emotional stability than self-esteem.  

In this course you will learn to connect with your own capacity for (self-)compassion and to apply it in moments of hardship. 

Note for people with strong self-criticism: self-compassion doesn’t mean the absence of self-criticism. Both can exist next to each other.