Self Compassion Expert Kristin Neff, PhD

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http://www.globalfreedomnetworks.com http://www.twitter.com/myhumancompass http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Glass-Shattered-Questions-Answers/product-reviews/0615666752 Kristin studied communications as an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1988). She did her graduate work at University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1997), studying moral development with Dr. Elliot Turiel. Her current position at the University of Texas at Austin started in 1999, and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006. During Kristin’s last year of graduate school in 1997 she became interested in Buddhism, and has been practicing meditation in the Insight Meditation tradition ever since. While doing her post-doctoral work she decided to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically. In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an 8-week program to teach self-compassion skills. The program is called Mindful Self-Compassion. Her book titled "Self-Compassion" was published by William Morrow in April, 2011. Kristin was recently featured in the best-selling book & award-winning documentary called The Horse Boy – which chronicles her family’s adventure with autism. Her website is the following www.self-compassion.org