The Power of Self-Compassion

By: Laurie J. Cameron

Narrated by: Laurie Cameron

There’s no denying that life can be difficult. Simply being human means experiencing emotional and physical pain. None of us escapes dealing with pain, failure, and setbacks, but learning how to practice mindful self-compassion can be life-changing. It comes from the understanding that every human being suffers, that we all want to be happy, and that this commonality connects us with everyone else.

Over the last decade, there has been an international explosion of research on mindfulness. Contemplative practices are being integrated with science and psychology. Researchers are sharing information on the power of inner-directed compassion and its beneficial effects on mental well-being, growth, motivation, relationships, and physical health.

Join expert Laurie Cameron to discover tools - including meditations, exercises, journaling, and in-the-moment practices - that will help you evoke mindfulness and empathy in your everyday life in a way that it becomes your natural response - your new set of habits. As you adopt these practices, you’ll start to see a shift in how you work with stressful life events, as well as how you connect with the shared human experience of loss, challenge, and disappointment.

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Good for sleep! 👍

Mundane and boring for sure. I do like it in one way, she puts me to sleep in a matter of minutes.

Full of gems

I loved this book. It is one of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to. Simple, short, but packed with deep wisdom and practical, useful, simple practices that I’ve been able to incorporate into my life easily. I particularly appreciate how the author merges mindfulness and somatic experiencing. I find some mindfulness practices to be disembodied or dissociative, but this book illustrates how these practices can be utilized to connect more deeply with the body and listen to its wisdom.
I look forward to utilizing these practices and to listening to this book again.

great for beginners and the experienced as well

Wow, I could fall asleep to her voice. She makes mindfulness and meditation easy and soothing. This is definitely a "book" I'll be coming back to again and again.

Despite the other reviews, I actually enjoyed this

I'm not sure why other reviewers are being so harsh. I really enjoyed the book and the narration. Usually, I avoid books that are narrated by the author, but Ms. Cameron has a beautiful voice, good lilt, and excellent pacing (although, if you're not going to do the exercises in the book, then maybe listen to this in 2x speed). Her examples of stress and judgement she found in her own life were quite relatable and easily mapped to the methods of dealing with them expressed in her book. A lot of the reviews say this is just a rehash of others' works, but if you haven't read others' works and want a very compact (well, as compact as you can get in 4 hours), then this is a wonderful book. I loved her meditation exercises. I don't devour self-help or meditation books, so having this one book was delightful. I will go back numerous times and go through the meditation exercises again with her. I don't think you'll regret getting this book, unless you believe you are an expert at meditation and self-love already.

beautiful

this is a high quality and wonderful production. I enjoyed it immensely. I highly recommend