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The Neuroscience of Self-Compassion by Kelly McGonigal (Udemy.com)

Discover how the brain works, including why the critical inner voice exists, and how to replace it with self-compassion.

4.5
645 reviews

Created by: Sounds True

Last updated July 2016

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What you will learn

  • Develop self-compassion through an understanding of scientific research and ancient Buddhist practices
  • Use meditation to practice mindfulness and presence in every moment
  • Forgive yourself and accept every aspect of your unique being
  • Quiet the critical inner voice that holds you back and makes you feel negatively towards yourself

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  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews645#202 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length2.1 hoursshorter than 69% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2016earlier than 95% of them

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Course Description

This course is taught by Kelly McGonigal, PhD, who is an award-winning lecturer and health psychologist.
Kelly is alsoan international best-seller who is known for her books,The Willpower Instinct and her latest book the The Upside of Stress.
Her TED talk, "How to Make Stress Your Friend," is one of the 20 Most Viewed TED talks of all time, with 10 million views.

With a deep understanding of the mind-body relationship, she fuses findings in the fields of medicine, neuroscience, and psychology with compassion and mindfulness practices that will inspire you to heal from within.

Just about everyone feels that theres something broken or wrong inside of them.

This course will show you how to quell that critical inner voice. As a result, youll change your brain and remove self-defeating patterns and habits.

Youll learn how to focus on self-compassion and self-forgiveness, which can both be utilized to boost your discipline and willpower.

Develop a Deeper Level of Self-Compassion & Self-Forgiveness

Understand the Science Behind Your Negative, Critical Inner VoiceDevelop a Mindfulness and Meditation Practice to Combat NegativityAccess Tools and Techniques That Bring About Positive Change in Your MindUse Awareness, Intention, and Attention to Increase Kindness Towards the Self

Remove Negative Patterns, Be Gentle with Yourself, & Invite Positive Change

This course will expose you to the latest neuroscientific insights on self-compassion so you can learn how to apply these concepts in a practical manner throughout your daily life.

Youll explore how your inner critical voice can actually gain strength from your brains survival instincts. But youll also discover how you can stop that from happening so you can begin to quiet that negative voice.

Beyond that, youll also learn contemplative practices for instilling self-care into your being, and youll use nonjudgmental awareness to create an attitude of acceptance and curiosity about yourself.

Contents and Overview

After a brief introduction, youll dive right into a mindfulness meditation that teaches you how to focus on the present moment through recognition of the breath.

Youll then learn about the importance of attention, and how your brain behaves and wanders towards negativity and dissatisfaction. This will help you realize that your mind works just like everyone elses when in its default mode.

After developing an understanding of the default mode of the brain, youll uncover how to move past self-criticism and suffering by using meditation, intention, and attention.

As you move through the course, youll learn how to develop self-acceptance and self-compassion through various exercises and meditations.

Youll access valuable tools and techniques that you can use daily to overcome the negative voice within and bring more compassion, peace, and joy into your life.

By the time you complete this course, youll have an understanding of how to compassionately connect with your present and future self, as well as how to accept and love every aspect of your being.

Youll be able to create a more resilient brain, support positive change, and remove any negative emotions and patterns that have held you back.

DownloadableAdditional Resources

PowerpointSlides (Lecture 1)Practical Application: Values Self-Affirmationand Compassion Letter Exercises (Lecture 8)Two30-Minute Guided MeditationsWho this course is for:
Anyone who struggles with self-criticismAnyone who wishes to quiet the negative inner voice that inhibits peace and happinessAnyone who wants to take the best of science and Buddhism and use these tools to enhance wellbeingAnyone who wants to understand how the brain and mind workAnyone who is interested in establishing a healing meditation practice for the mind and emotionsAnyone who seeks a means by which they can be more compassionate and forgiving towards themselves
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Instructor Details

Sounds True

Sounds True was founded in 1985 by Tami Simon with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Since starting out as a project with one woman and her tape recorder, we have grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 600 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time, and an ever-expanding family of customers from across the world. In more than two decades of growth, change, and evolution, Sounds True has maintained its focus on its overriding purpose, as summed up in our Vision Statement:
Sounds True exists to inspire, support, and serve personal transformation and spiritual awakening.
Sounds True is an independent multimedia publishing company that embraces the world's major spiritual traditions, as well as the arts and humanities, embodied by the leading authors, teachers, and visionary artists of our time. Our approach to publishing is not dependent on a single format or technologyrather, we strive with every title to preserve the essential "living wisdom" of the author, artist, or spiritual teacher. It is our goal to create products that not only provide information to a reader or listener, but that also embody the essential quality of a wisdom transmission between a teacher and a student.
Throughout the years, Sounds True has developed a guiding philosophy that we call "multiple bottom lines." Our dedication to this pr

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By Henk Sengkey on 8/20/2020

Yess, so far

By Anthony Norkaitis on 4/9/2020

I don't like the seminar format.

By Mandy Fudge on 3/25/2020

I really enjoy Kellys teaching style.

By Ruth on 1/19/2020

Easily and clearly explained. I feel I can follow it at my own pace

By Kyla Fenning on 1/2/2020

Concise but highly applicable.

By Garth Measey on 9/24/2019

An excellent course adeptly and connectedly expressed.

By Michelle Hogue on 9/23/2019

Thank you..I really appreciate the way Kelly explains and presents the information and incorporates practical applications for the therapy in assisting with developing and discovering self compassion.

By Teji Reve on 9/3/2019

I always love her talks, lectures, and courses. This is another great one :)

By Ann on 8/26/2019

Kelly Mcgonigal is amazing, and I learned helpful techniques. But this class was part of a broader workshop, so she would reference things like, oh this is what Kirsten was talking about. I didn't know what Kirsten had been talking about. She also had us do things like hug ourselves, which I assume (because she is a professor at Stanford) has some sort of science backing behind it, but we weren't told in this lecture what it was. I wish it had been longer, but I was happy with the content overall.

By Maria Livingstone on 8/14/2019

Not sure yet

By Shun-Ting Chiang on 8/13/2019

It's a clear and practical lecture for self-compassion learning.

By Mark Jones on 4/14/2019

Brilliant! Kelly fuses personal experiences with the best compassion-focused therapy techniques. Kelly expertly draws on the genius compassion work of Paul Gilbert OBE. This is an enjoyable, renewable, practical compassion workshop. Start developing the compassion skills you, and the world, needs today. Always, always be your own best friend!

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