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Kristin Neff: The Three Components of Self-Compassion

Lesson created by Lara Mossman using TED-Ed's lesson creatorVideo from Greater Good Science Center YouTube channel

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Kristin Neff has a number of talks on You Tube about compassion. In this talk she discusses the three components of self-compassion:

- Kindness, care and understanding for ourselves

- Sense of common humanity

- Mindfulness

Self compassion has been linked to increased wellbeing and decreased depression and anxiety. Find out more by diving into this TED ED lesson.