For episode 297, Sharon sits down with Chris Germer to debate his new ebook, Self-Compassion for Disgrace.
Chris Germer, PhD, is a scientific psychologist and lecturer on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical College. He’s the creator of a number of books together with Self-Compassion for Burnout, co-authored with Dr. Kristin Neff. His new ebook, Self-Compassion for Disgrace: A Step-by-Step Information to Inside Freedom was simply launched in September of 2026 from The Guilford Press. Chris lectures and leads workshops internationally and has a small psychotherapy observe in Massachusetts. That is his first look on the Metta Hour Podcast.
On this dialog, Sharon and Chris discuss:
- Chris’s early curiosity in psychology
- Studying meditation within the seventies
- Contemplative observe with psychology
- How Chris got here to self-compassion
- Sharon’s affect in Chris’s path
- How lovingkindness modified Chris’s life
- Chris’s public talking anxiousness
- Sharon’s expertise with public talking
- How Chris turned conscious of his personal disgrace
- Disgrace is an assault on the sense of self
- Disgrace in comparison with comparable feelings and traits
- How we are able to study to acknowledge disgrace
- How the brand new ebook is organized
- When disgrace will be useful
- Dr Kristin Neff’s mannequin of self-compassion
- Welcoming all components of ourselves
- Taking duty for our disgrace
- Lean in, lean again, or let go
- Non-striving and non-fixing in self-compassion
- Self-compassion is the tip of the battle
- How Chris approaches his remedy observe
Extra Sources:
The episode closes with Chris main a guided meditation on self-compassion for disgrace. You’ll be able to study extra about Chris’s work proper right here.
Associated Metta Hour Episodes:
Episode 252 Dr. Kristin Neff’s most up-to-date look on the Metta Hour, launched in 2024.
