Self-Compassion the New Tool Tackling Negative Body Image
According to the 2015 Mission Australia Youth Study, Australian youth are placing body image in their top three personal concerns with the trend increasing from 20.4% in 2012 to 26.5% in 2015, sending a strong message that we need to …
CONVERGENCE: Cultivating compassion through meditation and musical accompaniment
By Dr Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist Finding ways to cultivate compassion in society remains an important priority. Over recent years, spirituality, science and the arts have converged to discover just what might work. Guitarist, Dr Anthony Garcia, and myself have …
Self-Compassion to Lessen Body Image Concerns and Eating Disorders
This week is Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Australia. Many people I know have concerns about their body: how it looks, how it feels, how it moves and how it works. In fact, we can all relate …
Leadership in Action=Compassion in Action
I wrote an article recently called The Modern Leader: Introducing the “Alpha Plus”. I was trying to describe the characteristics of a modern leader, who has many of the important and beneficial attributes of the Alpha Male or Female, PLUS …
The Modern Leader: Introducing the “Alpha Plus”
Dr Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist The Alpha. Donald Trump is everywhere at the moment. He’s an alpha male! He’s all over the real estate in America and around the world. According to his official biography: “In September of 2011, Mr. …
The Daily Compassion Audit: A Self-Check to Minimise Inadvertently Causing Suffering to Others.
Dr Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist Compassion is the sympathetic and active alleviation of suffering in others. At the other end of the spectrum is malevolence and cruelty, intentionally causing others to suffer. But what about all the murky waters in …
Compassion and happiness: It’s not just about what you could or should do, it’s about what you WILL do.
by Dr Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist The Challenge: Compassion can make us and others healthier and happier, and yet there can be barriers to taking action. The Science: An established approach to motivating health behaviour change can offer insight into …
Self-compassion as an antidote to self-criticism.
By Dr Stan Steindl “You stupid fool!” Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I said that to myself I would be the proverbial rich man! Rich in money, but not rich in terms of my sense of …
Compassionate Management: The Secret Ingredient of Corporate Success
Dr Stan Steindl I was at the airport the other day, uncharacteristically early. Very early. In fact, I was there in plenty of time to catch an earlier flight home. The only problem was on this occasion I had a …
Sydney Musings and the Charter for Compassion
by Dr Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Consultants, Pty Ltd Sydney Musings Whenever I’m in a big city, I love to watch the people. Today in Sydney I’ve taken time out to just sit and connect with the humanity of …