Disgrace is without doubt one of the hardest feelings to work with, partly as a result of it blocks what we’d like most after we’re feeling disgrace: self-compassion. Right now on the Being Nicely Podcast, Dr. Chris Germer, co-developer of the Conscious Self-Compassion program, joins Forrest to debate how we will get round that lure and start treating disgrace with self-compassion. They discuss the place disgrace comes from, easy methods to acknowledge it when it’s hiding behind different feelings, and sensible instruments that assist us expertise much less disgrace.
About our Visitor: Chris Germer is a scientific psychologist, lecturer at Harvard Medical College, co-developer of the Conscious Self-Compassion program with Dr. Kristin Neff, and writer of the brand new ebook Self-Compassion for Disgrace.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Intro: disgrace, hiding, and why it blocks self-compassion
- 2:52: What disgrace is and why it hides
- 9:45: How self-compassion modifications the interior voice
- 13:44: The arc of working with disgrace
- 18:05: Disgrace as an harmless emotion
- 22:57: Backdraft and the want to be beloved
- 29:50: Self-compassion as publicity
- 39:43: When folks actually do decide you
- 45:33: The “shrug”
- 47:56: Wholesome disgrace, poisonous disgrace, and the components of you
- 58:48: Recap
