Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout: Tools to Help You Heal and Recharge When You're Wrung Out by Stress
Also known as Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout, Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout (2024)
Neff and Germer apply Mindful Self-Compassion practices to burnout
At a glance
What it argues
Self-compassion refills the cup, Fighting it makes it worse
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Empathy fatigue, The perfectionism sinkhole, The inner critic …
See all 5Examples from the book
"I just don't have anything left to give.", Working with backdraft, Drawing a line in the sand
See all 3Read next
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, Fierce Self-Compassion
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Kristin Neff, Christopher Germer and 2 others
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- Neff and Germer found their Mindful Self-Compassion program unusually helpful for people with burnout.
- Each chapter tells the story of someone stretched to their limits.
- It then offers a small piece of self-compassion and a simple anti-burnout tool.
- Topics include empathy fatigue, perfectionism, the inner critic, saying no and finding your values.
Why it matters
- For health workers, teachers, caregivers and anyone depleted by work, and for therapists who treat them.
Key facts
- Authors
- Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer1
- Published
- 2024 (paperback 23 September 2024)1
- Publisher
- Guilford Press1
- Pages
- 2211
- ISBN
- 9781462550227 (paperback); 9781462554980 (hardcover)1
- Audience
- General public: health care professionals, teachers, caregivers, business owners and employees1
What it argues
Key ideas
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Empathy fatigue1
Ways of stopping the drain of constantly feeling others' pain.
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The perfectionism sinkhole1
Why "good" never feels good enough, and how to step out of it.
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The inner critic1
Understanding why we beat ourselves up.
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Fierce self-compassion in action1
Saying no, asking "What do I need?" and finding core values.
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Becoming a compassionate mess1
The last chapter accepts imperfection as the way forward.
Examples from the book
Read next
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The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
The full general-purpose version of the same practices.
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The fuller case for the protective side used in the boundary chapters.
Connections
Written by
- Kristin NeffPersonSelf-compassion researcher, University of Texas at Austin
- Christopher GermerClinical psychologist, Harvard Medical School lecturer; co-developer of MSC
Links
Sources
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