Compassion involves the recognition and clear seeing of suffering. It also involves feelings of kindness for people who are suffering, so that the desire to help—to ameliorate suffering—emerges. Finally, compassion involves recognizing our shared human condition, flawed and fragile as it is.
Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

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Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
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Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

Leading expert on self-compassion