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Interviews and Media Featuring Chris

Featured Videos

Please visit Chris’ YouTube channel for a variety of interviews and teachings on MSC, compassion-based psychotherapy, and more.

Featured Articles

An Interview with Kristin Neff and Chris Germer about Mindful Self-Compassion, HAPPINEZ International magazine, Issue 18, December 2019

Treating yourself with a little kindness. How hard can it be? Harder than we think. Still, it’s just about the most important thing we can do. That’s the message from professor and self- compassion researcher Kristin Neff and psychotherapist Christopher Germer, co-developers of a program for strengthening this crucial skill.

FLOW International Biography, FLOW Magazine

Learning to be self-compassionate helped clinical psychologist, lecturere and author Christopher Germer overcome anxious thoughts. We talk to him about his past, present and future.

For Valentine’s Day, Try Being Nice to Yourself, The New York Times

Being nice to yourself, particularly during a personal setback or a stressful experience, is known among psychologists as self-compassion. Self-compassion can be cultivated to reduce depression, stress, performance anxiety and body dissatisfaction, leading to happiness, self-confidence and improved immune function.

The Transformative Effects of Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindful.org

Leading experts on mindful self-compassion Drs. Chris Germer and Kristin Neff share how self-kindness, recognition of our humanity, and mindfulness give us the strength to thrive.

Part 1: The Power of Self-Compassion: Heartful eMagazine

In this wide-ranging discussion, Chris and Amir explore the edges and essence of self-compassion. Here, Chris talks about how to best answer the question, “what do I need?” and he guides readers through the MSC Self-Compassion Break. Read the full article.

Part 2: The Power of Self-Compassion: Heartful eMagazine

As their discussion continues, Chris and Amir explore how our cultural influences affect our ability to have compassion for ourselves, and why it’s important that we see through our conditioning and begin to treat ourselves as kindly as we treat our most cherished friends. Read the full article.


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