Selfless Part 3: Why Self-Compassion - Roundtable

This Roundtable explores issues arising from the podcast 'Why Self Compassion?' (this is the third of four podcasts in the 'Self-Less Series'). We begin by outlining some of the reasons that people resist self-compassion and then examine the main reasons it is actually a very good idea, summarising the benefits of self-compassion. Questions explored in the Roundtable include: should we set set high standards and goals for ourself and how does this relate to self-criticism and self-esteem when we don't reach them?; 'Anatta' and the third person observational stance and how that can lead to a lightness and freshness of being; and whether self-compassion is age-dependent and can be taught.