Cowritten by Sarah Sperber and Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. It is generally theorized that humans evolved to experience compassion because the altruistic behavior the emotion often triggers likely improved the ...

Self-compassion is the ongoing practice of relating to yourself kindly and fairly. It is especially helpful during times of stress and suffering. Self-compassion is not kicking yourself when you’re ...

Sometimes, we expect too much from ourselves through rough times instead of granting ourselves self-compassion. In doing so, we often can judge ourselves harshly when our goals are not met or we just ...