Kristin Neff earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley<\/a>, and is now an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology<\/a> at the University of Texas<\/a> in Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristin became interested in Buddhism<\/a> during her last year of graduate school and has been practicing meditation<\/a> in the Insight Meditation style<\/a> ever since. She opted to do research on self-compassion<\/a> while undertaking her post-doctoral study \u2014 a core concept in Buddhist psychology<\/a> that had not before been scientifically studied. Kristin is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, having developed a scale to assess the concept about 20 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is the author of the book Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself<\/a>, as well as the new book Fierce Self-Compassion<\/a>, in addition to several scholarly articles and book chapters on the subject. : How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive released in June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Chris Germer<\/a>, her colleague, collaborated on this project. , she created a Mindful Self-Compassion and empirically proven training program that is taught by thousands of teachers worldwide. They co-wrote The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook <\/a>and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program<\/a>: A Professional’s Guide. She is also one of the co-founders of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristin Neff<\/strong> at Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristin Neff<\/strong> at Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristin Neff at Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nWorks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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