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2 Paul Gilbert, Compassion Focused Therapy: Distinctive Features (Routledge, 2010).

3 Ricks Warren, Elke Smeets, and Kristin Neff, «Self-Criticism and Self-Compassion: Risk and Resilience: Being Compassionate to Oneself Is Associated with Emotional Resilience and Psychological Well-Being», Current Psychiatry 15, no. 12 (2016): 18–28.

4 Theodore A. Powers, Richard Koestner, and David C. Zuroff, «Self-Criticism, Goal Motivation, and Goal Progress», Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 26, no. 7 (2007): 826–840.

5 Gilbert, Compassion Focused Therapy.

6 Neff, Fierce Self– Dompassion.

7 Kristin D. Neff and Roos Vonk, «Self-Compassion Versus Global Self-Esteem: Two Different Ways of Relating to Oneself», Journal of Personality 77, no. 1 (2009): 23–50.

8 Filip Raes, «Rumination and Worry as Mediators of the Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Depression and Anxiety», Personality and Individual Differences 48, no. 6 (2010): 757–761.

9 Kristin D. Neff, Stephanie S. Rude, and Kristin L. Kirkpatrick, «An Examination of Self-Compassion in Relation to Positive Psychological Functioning and Personality Traits», Journal of Research in Personality 41, no. 4 (2007): 908–916.

10. Kristin D. Neff, Kristin L. Kirkpatrick, and Stephanie S. Rude, «Self-Compassion and Its Link to Adaptive Psychological Functioning», Journal of Research in Personality 41, no. 1 (2007): 139–154.

11. Kristin D. Neff, «Self-Compassion: An Alternative Conceptualization of a Healthy Attitude Toward Oneself», Self and Identity 2, no. 2 (2003): 85–102.

12. Kristin D. Neff, «Self-Compassion: Moving Beyond the Pitfalls of a Separate Self-Concept», in Transcending Self-Interest: Psychological Explorations of the Quiet Ego, ed. Jack J. Bauer and Heidi A. Wayment (Washington, DC: APA Books, 2008).

13. Kristin D. Neff, «Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being», Social and Personality Psychology Compass 5, no. 1 (2011): 1–12.

14. Adapted from Jennifer Kemp, The ACT Workbook for Perfectionism: Build Your Best (Imperfect) Life Using Powerful Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Self-Compassion Skills (New Harbinger Publications, 2021).

15. Adapted from Kristen Neff, «Exercise 3: Exploring Self-Compassion Through Writing», Self-Compassion (website), https://self-compassion.org/exercise-3-exploring-self-compassion-writing/.

16. James W. Pennebaker, «Writing About Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process», Psychological Science 8, no. 3 (1997): 162–166.

17. Michaela Thomas, The Lasting Connection: Developing Love and Compassion for Yourself and Your Partner (Robinson, 2021).

18. Moheb Costandi, Neuroplasticity (MIT Press, 2016).

19. James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Penguin, 2018).

20. Jason B. Luoma and Melissa G. Platt, «Shame, Self-Criticism, Self-Stigma, and Compassion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy», Current Opinion in Psychology 2 (2015): 97–101.

21. Kevin E. Vowles, Katie Witkiewitz, Gail Sowden, and Julie Ashworth, «Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: Evidence of Mediation and Clinically Significant Change Following an Abbreviated Interdisciplinary Program of Rehabilitation», Journal of Pain 15, no. 1 (2014): 101–113.