Dr. Femke E. Bakker

Dr. Femke E. Bakker is a selfgentleness teacher, TEDx speaker, author and political psychologist. Before this, she was a professional actor and screenwriter. Femke explores what it means to be selfgentle: radically accepting yourself as the most important person to consistently deserve your own gentleness. Especially in those moments when old patterns creep back in and caring for your own wellbeing suddenly feels off. Femke blends insights from psychology, meditation, and lived experience into clear, gentle practices that help you stop treating yourself as a project. She also teaches and researches at Leiden University, where she focuses on leadership, beliefs, stress release in crisis decision making, and the impact of meditation on social and political processes. For those who have done years of inner searching and still keep getting pulled back out of it, Femke created The Home of Selfgentleness. It is a safe and encouraging space where you don't have to find your way to selfgentleness on your own. Because life happens, and you will fall back. That's normal, and that's okay. And every time you do, Femke walks with you back to gentleness, until it becomes the way you treat yourself. On Insight Timer, Femke offers meditations and courses that bring selfgentleness into your personal and professional life. Every second Friday of the month she hosts The Selfgentleness Hour LIVE, where you can experience her guidance in real time.

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