Fierce Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff

Nonfiction Self-Help

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Fierce Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

3 STARS, Self-Help Nonfiction, My format: hard cover

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Subtitle: How women can harness kindness to speak up, claim their power, and thrive.

Personal Review:

I really liked the concept of this book. I probably need to read her original Self-Compassion book as the Fierce part doesn't tend to be a problem for me :). However, I felt her message would have been better received (by me) if it wasn't so peppered with social justice/movements. I realize that is important to some people but I don't pay attention to those and don't care to read about them either.

I did enjoy the chapters that were very practical for personal and daily living and integrating the practices. Her personal anecdotes were helpful and I have already put some of the exercises into practice. So, in summary, the book itself was a bit of a slog but the nuggets I got out of it were important enough that I kept reading to the end.

You can find the practices on her website: self-compassion.org

Content Warnings:

the author shares about her own affair, her two divorces, and the multiple affairs of her second husband; her son has autism and the stories involving him could be helpful or triggering for a mother in a similar situation