Many adults grew up with the adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” as a means of parents arming children for inevitable encounters with bullies. Author Alicia ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

The concept of self-love has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Once dismissed as mere narcissism or selfishness, genuine self-acceptance and compassion for oneself now emerge as ...