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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
So repetitive. I pushed through as my therapist recommended this one but it wasn’t for me.
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I wish I read this when I was 30! At 56, I learned most of the lessons presented in this book the hard way. For most of my life I was the classic nurturing woman who gave all she had to everyone else, never putting her own needs first, and rarely demanding fair and equal treatment. Somewhere in my late 40s I finally realized that I could not care for everyone else if I didn't care for myself first. Fierce self-compassion teaches us to turn that mama bear instinct inward, and treat and protect ourselves as well as we treat and protect everyone else. The real magic of the book occurs in Part III, which provides recommendations on how to put in all into practice - in the workplace, in our caregiving, in our romantic relationships. I think this is a must-read in today's society where women often need to "do it all", and frequently lose themselves in the process.
hopeful
informative
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I am not sure how I feel about this book. I wanted to like it and if I had read it like 7 years ago I think it could have been very impactful. I felt like as someone who has been to therapy this book felt redundant and repetitive to some of Neff’s other work. It felt very self centered in a way I didn’t find particularly helpful. I also wasn’t sure how I felt about her including references to her son as a parent.
challenging
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inspiring
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relaxing
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I really value and appreciate Kristin Neff’s research on self-compassion and reference her work often with folks I work with in spiritual direction. However, this one was a bit of a miss for me. As some other reviewers have said, I felt like this book largely centered white women and universalized the experience white, cishet middle and upper class women. I have found other frameworks, like IFS and somatic Enneagram work, to resonate more than some of the practices shared in this book.
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DNF - I wanted to get a lot out of this but about halfway through it felt incredibly repetitive. Some of the exercises were interesting as well.
hopeful
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