Strathcona Parent Seminar Series 2025: Self Compassion as an Antidote to Self Criticism

Strathcona’s Parent Seminar Series presents:

Dr Eleonora Cattini – Self Compassion as an Antidote to Self Criticism

Fleeting negative thoughts and criticising ourselves is part of the human experience. Developing self-compassion has been shown to be an effective way to minimise emotional challenges. Compassion is a virtue we can all foster and cultivate with practice with research showing a strong relationship between increased self-compassion and improved well-being. Improved mood, lessened anxiety and reduced loneliness being some of the concerns self compassion can assist with over time. Building on from the presentation in 2024, Learning about self-compassion and exercises to develop skills will be explored, with a focus on how parents can support their children and perhaps learn some skills themselves along the way.