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Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up And Leave Insecurity Behind (2011)

by Kristin Neff(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061733512 (ISBN13: 9780061733512)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: If I understand it properly, "Self-Compassions"'s goal was to demonstrate how self-compassion is an effective way of dealing with suffering and coming to terms with reality, even if things are not perfect. It seeks to show how people can practice self-compassion, and how it compares to other coping mechanisms, such as self-esteem. It uses the author's personal story to show real-life applications of how to apply self-compassion and how it might feel and affect a person. It is not intended to be especially rigid and scientific, since the idea is creating a softening voice towards the self, and it uses the tone to create this softeness as well. But it uses scientific bases throughout and isn't afraid to ask direct, empirical questions.I personally found the voice somewhat to... moreo casual and occasionally felt an over-bias, and that made me a bit uncomfortable with the author and the text. However the book definitely achieves its goal, and I certainly received personal benefits from this practical book.
review 2: I stumbled across this book while browsing in the library. It had appeared in my Recommendations list, so I thought I would give it a try. I found it be OK. If you're new to the idea of self-compassion, it's not a bad choice to start with. The writing style is simple and easy to grasp and the concepts are repeated often. For introductory readers, those things are helpful in reinforcing the concepts. However, for readers who are not new to the subject, this book will probably not offer much that they have not encountered before. On a more technical side, I did find a few typos in the book. So, a good copy-edit would have been worthwhile before it was published. less

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