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Emotional Wellness and Stress Resilience
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Elizabeth R. Click, Alyssa Vela
When we are kind and compassionate towards ourselves, hormones such as endorphins and oxytocin are released, which enhances our sense of well-being and deactivates the flight-or-fight response. Research indicates that self-compassionate people are better able to deal with traumatic life events (Germer & Neff, 2015). Happiness, life satisfaction, motivation, improved relationships, better physical health, and less anxiety and depression are additional outcomes associated with self-compassion practices (Neff & Germer, 2019; Neff, 2011). Practicing self-compassion is suggested for nurses due to the positive effects on well-being (Benzo et al., 2017) and the contribution of that practice to emotional wellness.
Emotional Wellness and Stress Resilience
Published in Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 2021
Gia Merlo, Ariyaneh Nikbin, Hanjun Ryu
Self-compassion entails:[B]eing kind and understanding toward oneself in instances of pain or failure rather than being harshly self-critical; perceiving one’s experiences as part of the larger human experience rather than seeing them as isolating; and holding painful thoughts and feelings in mindful awareness rather than over-identifying with them.79
Compassion Focused Therapy for Neurological Conditions
Published in Giles N. Yeates, Fiona Ashworth, Psychological Therapies in Acquired Brain Injury, 2019
Building compassionate capacity around the sense of identity. This forms a central part of building self-compassion through behavioural practices using the compassionate-self exercise. The client will focus on learning how to take a compassionate perspective, exploring what works for them and reflecting on what they want to cultivate in the therapy.
Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Making Friends with Yourself intervention on a college campus
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Elizabeth Donovan, Karen Bluth, Hannah Scott, Maleeha Mohammed, Tara M. Cousineau
One approach to reducing stress and improving well-being that has received significant attention in recent years, and that may be a particularly good fit for college students, is self-compassion.3 Self-compassion has been described by Neff4 as a way of relating to oneself that involves being mindful, kind to oneself during times of distress, and aware that difficult feelings are a part of the human experience. Self-compassion contributes to well-being by replacing maladaptive emotion-regulation strategies (i.e., self-judgment, isolation, rumination, and avoidance of painful thoughts, experiences, and emotions) with more adaptive strategies (i.e., self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness).5 Research on self-compassion has increased exponentially since it was first defined and operationalized5,6 and meta-analyses with both adults and adolescents indicate that those who have higher self-compassion experience less psychopathology, defined as stress, anxiety, and depression.7,8 Among college students, self-compassion appears to play an important role in the relationship between distress and depression, as students who are more self-compassionate experience better well-being and less distress.9 For college women, self-compassion interventions may be particularly relevant as studies show that women tend to be more critical of themselves and use more negative self-talk compared to men10,11 and are generally less self-compassionate compared to men.12
Exploring the Relationship between Early Adaptive Schemas and Sexual Satisfaction
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2023
Isabella K. Damiris, Andrew Allen
Male sexual satisfaction was greater for individuals with high Self-Compassion (e.g., “Even when I fail at something, I don’t feel that I should be made to suffer for it”). Self-compassion involves being non-judgement toward oneself, focusing on shared experiences amongst oneself and others, and remaining mindful when evaluating situations (Neff, 2011). As discussed, male perceptions of sex may be influenced by unrealistic media depictions (e.g., pornography), idealizing esthetic appearance and performance (Mattebo et al., 2012). Thus, one’s inability to achieve such expectations can be perceived as an attack on their masculinity or self-worth. Distress may also arise from sexual difficulties thereby reducing sexual satisfaction (Fischer & Traeen, 2022; Hendrickx et al., 2016) and sexual satisfaction may be further reduced in the presence of self-punishing thoughts (Davis et al., 2017). Yet, despite experiencing distress, self-compassion may continue to preserve sexual satisfaction (Ferreira et al., 2020), highlighting the possibility of this EAS being protective for men.
‘Permission to be kind to myself’. The experiences of informal carers of those with a life-limiting or terminal illness of a brief self-compassion-based self-care intervention
Published in Progress in Palliative Care, 2022
Self-compassion entails becoming our ‘own best friend’, bringing kindness to ourselves when we are suffering. To date the research indicates that developing self-compassion as part of resource building has an inverse relationship to psychological distress,12 is associated with lower levels of mental health symptoms such as depression and stress13,14 and is negatively related to caregiver burden.15 Self-compassion may also predict levels of self-care.16 Self-compassion may benefit Carers in term of improving their psychological functioning and overall well-being. There are a number of compassion building therapies and programmes; the most well-known is the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) programme17 based on Neff’s operationalization of self-compassion.18 This is an eight-session weekly group programme (2.5 h per session), plus a half-day retreat. Participation in the MSC programme is too time-consuming for already time-pressed Carers who may struggle to leave their Caree (the person they care for) for substantial periods of time. Hence a brief four session face to face self-compassion intervention tailored to address Carers was developed (‘iCare’).