About
Kristin Neff, PhD, is an Associate Professor at UT Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on the topic more than 20 years ago. In addition to writing numerous academic articles, she has co-developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, taught by thousands of teachers worldwide. She is author of the books Self-Compassion, Fierce Self-Compassion, and co-author (along with Chris Germer) of the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program, and her latest, the Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout. She also runs the Self-Compassion Community, an online membership that offers live events with Kristin and other self-compassion experts, as well as providing live online mentoring and a self-compassion guided practice toolkit with all new audio recordings.
