Many of us spend enormous energy criticising ourselves, replaying difficult conversations or resisting uncomfortable emotions. This practical workshop explores self-kindness as a skill grounded in mindfulness and self-compassion, showing how changing the way we relate to ourselves can improve resilience, wellbeing and decision-making. Through practical strategies and guided reflection, participants will learn how to recognise the inner critic, respond more constructively to difficult emotions and build greater self-trust. You'll leave with simple, practical tools to help manage stress, self-doubt and everyday pressures.
Face to face
- "The Wise Heart" by Jack Kornfield
- "Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening" by Joseph Goldstein
- "Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself" by Kristin Neff
- Self-kindness as a conscious daily practice, and why it is neither selfish nor weak
- How harshness and autopilot show up in the body, and what shifts when you meet yourself with care
- Why the inner critic is the brain's default, and what it takes to choose kindness instead
- The pause: letting your first response be a breath, so you can create space and choose
- Softening and letting be: releasing tension and inner resistance
- Coaching yourself as you would a good friend: checking whether a thought helps, and reframing it
- How self-kindness supports clearer boundaries, more energy, and sustainable generosity"
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Recognise self-kindness as a conscious daily practice rather than a personality trait
- Notice how self-criticism and autopilot show up in their body
- Understand why the inner critic is the brain's default, and why kindness takes conscious practice
- Use the pause, letting the first response be a breath, to create space and choose
- Release tension and inner resistance through softening and letting be
- Check whether a thought is helping, and reframe it by coaching themselves as they would a friend
- See how self-kindness supports clearer boundaries, more energy, and sustainable generosity
