Scan barcode
A review by tenar
Self Compassion by Kristin Neff
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