Episode # 36 - Fierce Self Compassion with Dr. Kristen Neff

This episode included clips from a workshop inside the Empowering Women Physicians coaching program with Dr. Kristen Neff on self-compassion.  We discuss the difference between tender self-compassion and fierce self-compassion.  Dr. Neff speaks up about the need for women to advocate for themselves and how that is indeed an act of self-compassion.

We discussed that self-compassion can be measured using the Clinical Self-Valuation Scale and that it can be significantly improved in just a short period of time, as documented by a change from 18% to 64% of women physicians inside EWP meeting criteria for a self-compassionate perspective in just 8 weeks.

Links for resources mentioned in this episode.

EWP coaching guide https://empoweringwomenphysicians.com/guide

EWP Newsletter: https://empoweringwomenphysicians.com/newsletter

EWP Published data: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38840137/

Stanford Clinician Self Valuation Scale https://med.stanford.edu/wellmd/selfassessment.html

Self-valuation. Attending to the most important instrument in the practice of medicine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31543254/

Study on self-valuation being the largest mediator in the difference in burnout between male and female physicians:  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846632