How to Care for Your Kids — by First Caring for Yourself
In this NPR interview, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan Pollak discusses letting of constant self-judgment and treating yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids.
Listen to the On Point podcast of the interview:
Susan Pollak is the author of “Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child By Caring for Yourself.” Co-founder and senior teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, and a psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Source: WBUR | How To Care For Your Kids — By First Caring For Yourself, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/08/20/susan-pollak-self-compassion-for-parents | copyright 2019 NPR. Retrieved November 2022.
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