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Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
3 reviews
bnscrivner's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
2.25
This book has been recommended to me so many times, so I finally borrowed it from the library. Maybe I’m not the target audience? She uses several very disturbing examples of classism and ableism (referencing a hypothetical unsheltered person and bemoaning having an autistic son) to explain why people should care about others?
Think this might be for white heterosexual middle class people who have no social consciousness. Maybe?
Think this might be for white heterosexual middle class people who have no social consciousness. Maybe?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Ableism, and Fatphobia
tenar's review against another edition
medium-paced
I would recommend investigating the concept and practices of self-compassion (which I do think may have value) online or elsewhere, rather than in this book.
In a self-help book that the author is positing will be helpful for everyone, it seems to me she unknowingly had a very limited view of who everyone might be while writing it. It gets off on the wrong foot by using an imaginary homeless person as a prop for teaching us readers about compassion for others, really setting up who the expected audience is. Later on the author writes twice about her experience having an autistic son in such a way that it's extremely obvious she never imagined an autistic person might be reading it. The author does address that having self-compassion is not necessarily linked to having compassion for others.
In a self-help book that the author is positing will be helpful for everyone, it seems to me she unknowingly had a very limited view of who everyone might be while writing it. It gets off on the wrong foot by using an imaginary homeless person as a prop for teaching us readers about compassion for others, really setting up who the expected audience is. Later on the author writes twice about her experience having an autistic son in such a way that it's extremely obvious she never imagined an autistic person might be reading it. The author does address that having self-compassion is not necessarily linked to having compassion for others.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Fatphobia
tracey1981's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Fatphobia and Sexism
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