What is Compassionate Mind Training (CMT)?
What is Compassionate Mind Training (CMT)? By Dr Stan Steindl Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) is a structured set of exercises and practices designed to help people develop the skills and capacities of compassion. It forms a core component of Compassion …
World Eating Disorders Action Day – June 2nd, 2025
World Eating Disorders Action Day – June 2nd, 2025 Each year on June 2nd, World Eating Disorders Action Day brings people together across the globe to raise awareness, challenge stigma, and advocate for access to evidence-based treatment for all individuals …
What is Mindfulness?
What is Mindfulness? By Dr Stan Steindl Mindfulness has become a widely recognised and valued approach in modern psychology, wellbeing, and everyday life. But what exactly is it? At its core, mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the …
When Caring Hurts
When Caring Hurts In a world that often feels heavy with pain and suffering, the act of caring for others is both noble and necessary. But for those who provide care regularly—nurses, therapists, social workers, first responders, and even family …
What is Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)?
What is Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)? By Dr Stan Steindl Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychological approach designed to help people who struggle with shame, self-criticism, and difficulties feeling safe or cared for—especially in relation to themselves. Developed by …
How compassion can help people suffering from body weight shame
Tall or short, fat or thin, at the very core we all desire to be seen as attractive by those around us. Being seen as attractive in the eyes of another is key to the evolutionary survival of humans. It …
Looking to the year ahead with kindness
It’s a fresh new year and predictably we like to kick things off with some goals, ideas and dreams for the year ahead. I’m sure high on most lists, is the dream of eradicating a certain virus from the world …
Caring for the Carer
Caring for a loved one with dementia is a massive responsibility and although it can be rewarding it can also take a major toll on the mental and physical health of the carer. Statistics show that 1 in 10 people …
Mindful Self-Compassion Training Workshop
Presented by Dr Christopher Germer and Tina Gibson 4-5th September 2019 For someone to develop genuine compassion towards others, first he or she must have a basis upon which to cultivate compassion, and that basis is the ability to connect …
Conflict is a Part of Life
Words & Sketch by Dr Stan Steindl: Clinical Psychologist & Adjunct Associate Professor Just as one might say “suffering is a part of life”, so too, it seems, conflict is a part of life. Conflict is in our …