Mindful self-compassion for burnout Tools to help you heal and recharge when you're wrung out by stress
Book - 2024
""I'm tired of feeling stressed out every day." "I can't stand having so little impact, despite caring so much and working so hard." "I just don't have anything left to give." Over years of developing and teaching their renowned Mindful Self-Compassion program, Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer have found MSC to be uniquely helpful for people struggling with the soul-draining depletion of burnout, from health professionals, teachers, and caregivers, to shift workers and entrepreneurs. Each chapter in this engaging book offers an empathic story of someone stretched to their limits and an easily digestible bite of self-compassion, culminating in a simple anti-burnout tool based on MSC practi...ces. Readers learn quick and powerful ways to recharge their batteries, de-stress, and, above all, be kind to themselves--so they can be there for others. "--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
The Guilford Press
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- pages cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781462550227
9781462554980
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction
- 1. When Your Cup Runs Dry: The Causes and Consequences of Burnout
- 2. Replenishing Ourselves: How Self-Compassion Combats Burnout
- 3. A Recipe for Resilience: The Ingredients of Self-Compassion
- 4. It's Not What You Think: Misgivings about Self-Compassion
- 5. Your Body Knows: The Physiology of Stress and Care
- 6. Warming Up the Conversation: Tender Acceptance
- 7. When Self-Compassion Feels Bad: Working with Backdraft
- 8. Putting Things in Perspective: Mindful Awareness
- 9. Resistance Is Futile: How Fighting Burnout Makes It Worse
- 10. Facing the Storm: Working with the Difficult Emotions of Burnout
- 11. Stopping the Drain: Reducing Empathy Fatigue
- 12. When Good Isn't Good Enough: Avoiding the Perfectionism Sinkhole
- 13. Why We Beat Ourselves Up: Understanding the Inner Critic
- 14. Doing Something about It: Fierce Self-Compassion in Action
- 15. Drawing a Line in the Sand: Learning How to Say No
- 16. Providing for Ourselves: What Do I Need?
- 17. Rediscovering Meaning: What Are My Core Values?
- 18. Becoming a Wise Inner Coach: Self-Compassionate Motivation
- 19. Goodwill, Not Good Feelings: Cultivating Loving-Kindness
- 20. Small Pleasures: Savoring the Good
- 21. Knowing Our Strengths: The Practice of Self-Appreciation
- 22. Moving Forward: Becoming a Compassionate Mess
- Resources
- Notes
- Index.