Dr. Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion Researcher and Author. Dr. Neff is an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is widely recognized as a pioneer in the study of self-compassion, and she is the author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself and Fierce Self-Compassion, a book for women on using kindness to speak up and claim their power. Together with Dr. Chris Germer, she developed the Mindful Self-Compassion training program and co-founded the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. Her TEDx talk has been viewed more than 1.7 million times. Her session invites guests to treat inner beauty as seriously as outer beauty.
