The Dance of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion with Dr. Chris Germer

In this video, Chris Germer talks about the importance of mindfulness as it relates to self-compassion practice. He also describes the paradox of self-compassion — that we give ourselves compassion because we're suffering, not to make ourselves feel better.

Chris Germer is a clinical psychologist, meditation practitioner, author, and teacher of mindfulness and compassion in psychotherapy and everyday life. He is also Co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion training program, along with Kristin Neff.

This video was taken at the Compassion in Connection Conference at Omega in October, 2018. We are grateful for the permission to use the video for educational purposes.