Self-Compassion
A one day workshop featuring: Dr Kristin Neff
A one day workshop featuring: Dr Kristin Neff
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Thursday October 24th, 2019 Holiday Inn South, Edmonton, AB 9:00 am - 4:45 pm REGISTRATION - 8:15 am Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Centre Edmonton South 4485 Gateway Blvd. | Edmonton, AB | T6H 5C3 |
 Dr. Kristin Neff
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With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we'd give to a good friend. Kristin Neff, Ph.D. is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and measure the construct over a decade ago. |
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This Workshop
Self-compassion involves treating ourselves kindly, like we would a good friend we cared about. Rather than continually judging and evaluating ourselves, self-compassion involves generating kindness toward ourselves as imperfect human beings. This workshop will provide simple tools for responding in a compassionate way whenever we are experiencing painful emotions. Through discussion, meditation, and experiential exercises, participants gain practical skills of mindfulness and self-compassion. A lecture on the theory and research into self-compassion will be provided, and several informal self-compassion practices for use in daily life will be taught. The phenomena of backdraft - adverse reactions to self-compassion practice - will be discussed. Finally, participants will learn self-compassion practices designed to work with difficult emotions, motivate oneself from a place of kindness rather than criticism, combat caregiver fatigue, and cultivate self-appreciation. This course is relevant for the general public as well as to practicing mental health professionals.
In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an eight-week program to teach self-compassion skills in daily life, co-created with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer, called Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC).
Her book, Self-Compassion, was published by William Morrow in April, 2011.
Self-compassion involves treating ourselves kindly, like we would a good friend we cared about. Rather than continually judging and evaluating ourselves, self-compassion involves generating kindness toward ourselves as imperfect human beings. This workshop will provide simple tools for responding in a compassionate way whenever we are experiencing painful emotions. Through discussion, meditation, and experiential exercises, participants gain practical skills of mindfulness and self-compassion. A lecture on the theory and research into self-compassion will be provided, and several informal self-compassion practices for use in daily life will be taught. The phenomena of backdraft - adverse reactions to self-compassion practice - will be discussed. Finally, participants will learn self-compassion practices designed to work with difficult emotions, motivate oneself from a place of kindness rather than criticism, combat caregiver fatigue, and cultivate self-appreciation. This course is relevant for the general public as well as to practicing mental health professionals.
In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an eight-week program to teach self-compassion skills in daily life, co-created with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer, called Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC).
Her book, Self-Compassion, was published by William Morrow in April, 2011.
Questions? Group Rates? Sponsorship?
[email protected] for more details
[email protected] for more details
" As someone who has always found compassion easy, but self-compassion not so much, I found Dr. Kristin Neff's message to be liberating. Imagine having to be released from the shackles of our self-criticism? Yet, many of us do. Come and hear how you escape your own inner critic.”
Mary Ann Baynton, MSW, RSW, Program Director
Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
Mary Ann Baynton, MSW, RSW, Program Director
Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
With Gratitude to our Diamond Sponsor:
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Past Grounding Trauma events:
2005 - 2006 Brampton, St.Paul's United Church
2007 - 2011 London, Western University
2012- 2015 - The Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston ON - Various themes and guest speakers
2016 - Ottawa and Edmonton - Featuring Dr Gabor Maté and his son Daniel on Inter-generational Trauma
2017 - Ottawa - Featuring Dr Adele Diamond on Neuroscience and Thriving
2018 - The Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston - Featuring Stephan Grenier on Challenging Paradigms
2019 - Ottawa - Featuring Mark Henick on Suicide and Language
COMING - 2019 - Edmonton - Featuring Dr Kristin Neff on Self -Compassion
2007 - 2011 London, Western University
2012- 2015 - The Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston ON - Various themes and guest speakers
2016 - Ottawa and Edmonton - Featuring Dr Gabor Maté and his son Daniel on Inter-generational Trauma
2017 - Ottawa - Featuring Dr Adele Diamond on Neuroscience and Thriving
2018 - The Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston - Featuring Stephan Grenier on Challenging Paradigms
2019 - Ottawa - Featuring Mark Henick on Suicide and Language
COMING - 2019 - Edmonton - Featuring Dr Kristin Neff on Self -Compassion