Stories from Teens & Young Adults
Listen to the personal stories of teens and young adults who learned how to be kinder and more supportive to themselves:
Here ShuTiao, from China, shares how learning self-compassion has given him the tools he needs to support himself in difficult moments.
Tarinni, from India, talks about her experience with self-compassion in this video.
Elizabeth shares her thoughts about a course on mindfulness and self-compassion that she took at Purdue University.
In the midst of a particularly painful time in her life, YiWen found self-compassion, and it helped her deal with anxiety, fear, and worry.
E.M. relates his experience of taking a semester-long mindfulness and self-compassion class at UT-Austin, and the long-term impact it had on him.
After hearing how others used self-compassion, you may want to try our Guided Practices or take the Quiz.