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SUMMARY:Conversation with Russell Kolts
DESCRIPTION:Russell Kolts\, PhD has gained international recognition for his research on compassion-based therapy\, which is a way to help clients develop self-compassion even when they feel they don’t deserve it.  His research also focuses on how to use self-compassion to work with anger and other intense human emotions. See his TedX talk on Anger\, Compassion\, and What It Means To Be Strong here.  He is the author of The Compassionate Mind Approach to Managing Your Anger\, The Anger Workbook\, and CFT Made Simple. \nJoin us for a conversation with Russell about Compassion Focused Therapy and also his work on how compassion for self and others can transform our relationship to anger and help us live a more fulfilling life.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-russell-kolts-november-12-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-russell-kolts-november-12-2025/
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Sharon Salzberg
DESCRIPTION:Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer\, world-renowned teacher\, and New York Times bestselling author. A trailblazer in bringing lovingkindness meditation to popular culture\, she has inspired generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers over the past fifty years to be more self-compassionate. As a co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre\, MA\, Sharon has authored thirteen books\, including the bestselling Real Happiness and her seminal work\, Lovingkindness. \nIn 2023\, she released two new books: Real Life and Finding Your Way. Sharon’s popular podcast\, The Metta Hour\, has garnered seven million downloads\, featuring interviews with thought leaders (including Kristin) from the mindfulness and self-compassion movement. \nJoin us for a conversation as we explore Sharon’s insights into the role of self-compassion in her work and life.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-sharon-salzberg-october-4-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-sharon-salzberg-october-4-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250906T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250906T120000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Ann Saffi Biasetti
DESCRIPTION:Ann Saffi Biasetti\, PhD is a practicing psychotherapist and MSC teacher who specializes in using self-compassion to help people develop a healthier relationship with food and their bodies. She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating. She developed the Befriending Your Body Program\, a trauma-informed course that teaches skills of embodiment and self-compassion to heal disordered eating patterns. Her work also focuses on body forgiveness and healing body image disturbance. \nJoin us for a conversation with Ann as we explore how self-compassion can help us work with negative body image\, emotional eating\, and disordered eating so that we can make peace with our bodies\, food\, and ourselves.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-ann-saffi-biasetti-september-6-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-ann-saffi-biasetti-september-6-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250802T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250802T120000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Susan Kaiser Greenland
DESCRIPTION:Susan Kaiser Greenland is a mindfulness educator and bestselling author known for translating global wisdom traditions into practical everyday practices. In the early 2000s\, she pioneered the introduction of secular mindfulness in classrooms with her Inner Kids model which has been shown to help kids manage stress. She wrote The Mindful Child and Mindful Games\, creating dozens of fun activities that parents can do with their children to help them learn mindfulness and compassion. You can watch her TedX talk about teaching the ABC’s of Attention\, Balance\, and Compassion here. Her latest book\, Real World Enlightenment\, offers powerful tools for adult seekers\, drawing on her experiences as an educator to provide strategies for navigating the pressures of contemporary life while fostering meaningful connections. \nJoin us for a conversation as we explore the role of self-compassion in Susan’s personal life and work\, including the activities that parents and caregivers can use to build skills of mindfulness and compassion in their children and themselves.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-susan-kaiser-greenland-august-2-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-susan-kaiser-greenland-august-2-2025/
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Ashley Kuchar
DESCRIPTION:Ashley Kuchar\, PhD is a former star college basketball player and the founder of Fail Better Training\, which teaches athletes\, coaches\, and professionals how to use self-compassion to improve their performance. Ashley completed her dissertation under the supervision of Kristin Neff at the University of Texas at Austin.  She developed the RESET resilience program\, an empirically supported self-compassion training program that was found to increase athlete adaptive coping and athletic performance. \nMany people in the business and sports world assume that self-compassion interferes with motivation and performance\, but building inner strength and acting as a wise supportive coach actually helps us achieve our full potential. \nJoin us for a conversation as we explore the research on self-compassion for athletes\, and Ashley’s impactful work in fostering resilience and well-being in sports and beyond!
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-ashley-kuchar-june-7-2025/
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-ashley-kuchar-june-7-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250507T193000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Lisa Baylis
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Baylis is a certified MSC teacher\, high school counselor\, and mother. She is also the author of Self-Compassion for Educators: Mindful Practices to Awaken Wellbeing and Grow Your Resilience. She created the Courageous Compassion for Educators program\, a six-week online course that helps educators create a culture of compassion\, awareness\, and presence in the classroom. Teachers experience high rates of stress\, burnout\, and turnover.  Lisa helps them use self-compassion to be resilient while modeling the skill of self-compassion for students. \nJoin us for a conversation as we explore how self-compassion can help teachers do their essential work in the world with the resource of self-compassion.  This supportive mindset not only enhances educators’ well-being and reduces burnout\, it reconnects them to their core values and helps restore the joy of teaching.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-lisa-baylis-may-7-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-lisa-baylis-may-7-2025/
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Susan Pollak
DESCRIPTION:Susan Pollak\, Ed.D.\, is a psychologist in private practice in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and a longtime practitioner of meditation and yoga. She was one of the first teachers of the Mindful Self-Compassion program and has adapted MSC practices to help parents. \nAs co-founder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance\, Susan served as president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010 to 2020. She is the author of Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself. \nJoin us for a conversation as we explore how parents can use self-compassion to ease their own stress and help children prosper and thrive. When parents show up for themselves and their children in a supportive way\, everyone benefits.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-susan-pollak-april-5-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-susan-pollak-april-5-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250305T193000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Dan Harris
DESCRIPTION:Dan Harris is the best-selling author of 10% Happier and Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics.  He is also host of the popular podcast 10% Happier\, and has had Kristin on as a guest several times.  A former ABC News anchor\, Dan developed an interest in mindfulness meditation after having a panic attack on-air.   While skeptical of self-compassion at first\, he has since come to see the key role that self-compassion plays in wellbeing.  He has a hilarious Ted talk called The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself.  Dan’s interests have expanded well beyond meditation to encompass all aspects of human flourishing\, including work\, fitness\, relationships\, sleep\, and more. \nJoin us for an engaging conversation with Dan as we explore the role of self-compassion in his personal journey and discover how he is integrating it into his life and work.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-dan-harris-march-5-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-kristin-neff-and-dan-harris-march-5-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250207T110000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Richard Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Richard Schwartz\, PhD is the internationally renown creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapeutic approach (see him talk about it here).  IFS helps people identify internal parts such as protectors\, managers and exiles\, and develop compassion and appreciation for how these parts try to keep us safe.  IFS also introduces the idea of Self\, which is behind our parts and is naturally compassionate. He’s the best-selling author of many books\, including Introduction to Internal Family Systems and No Bad Parts. His recent book You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For helps people to stop outsourcing love and compassion to their romantic partner and instead find true satisfaction and fulfillment within. \nJoin us for a compelling conversation as we delve into the role of self-compassion in Dick’s life and the role that self-compassion plays in bringing healing to our internal parts and our relationships.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-richards-schwartz-february-7-2025/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-richards-schwartz-february-7-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241204T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241204T203000
DTSTAMP:20250204T175646Z
CREATED:20240401T231320Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Shauna Shapiro (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Shauna Shapiro\, PhD\, is a best-selling author\, professor\, clinical psychologist\, and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She has spent two decades studying the benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion\, publishing over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books including Good Morning I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm\, Clarity and Joy. Her TEDx Talk\, What You Practice Grows Stronger\, has been viewed over 3 million times. \nJoin us as we explore how Shauna approaches self-compassion in her research and teaching.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-shauna-shapiro/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-shauna-shapiro/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241102T120000
DTSTAMP:20260209T224459Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Tara Brach
DESCRIPTION:Tara Brach\, Ph.D. is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher\, psychologist and author of several bestselling books including Radical Acceptance\, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. She founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and is co-founder of Banyan\, an online mindfulness hub. Her teaching blends Western psychology with Eastern spiritual practices\, and focuses on how people can use mindfulness and self-compassion to foster emotional healing. \nJoin us in this special event as we explore Tara’s approach to teaching and practicing self-compassion.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-tara-brach/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-tara-brach/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T203000
DTSTAMP:20260209T224456Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Karen Bluth
DESCRIPTION:Karen Bluth‘s work focuses on the role that self-compassion and mindfulness play in promoting well-being in youth. She is the world’s leading researcher into self-compassion and adolescence\, examining how self-compassion builds resilience and strengthens positive mental health in youth. She is co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens program\, and the author of several books including The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are. \nJoin us in this special event as we explore the role of self-compassion in adolescent wellbeing with Karen.
URL:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-karen-bluth/
CATEGORIES:Guest Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Self-Compassion Community":MAILTO:SCCommunity@self-compassion.org
LOCATION:https://self-compassion.org/event/conversation-with-karen-bluth/
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