How to Foster Self-Compassion as a Professor, with Danielle De La Mare

Danielle De La Mare shares how to foster self compassion as a professor on episode 519 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

And I worked way, way, way, way, way harder than I should have because I thought that if I didn’t work hard, people would see that I wasn’t worthy of being their teacher.
-Danielle De La Mare

Let’s just take a second and really feel all the pain that you’ve been feeling. And put your hands over your heart.
-Danielle De La Mare

Don’t say yes if it’s not something that really speaks to you, if it’s not really a deeper sort of desire of yours.
-Danielle De La Mare

What is it like to be me? Do I even know right now?
-Danielle De La Mare

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Resources

• Self Compassion Breaks
• Self Compassionate Professor Podcast
• Facebook Group: Self Compassionate Professors
• Kristen Neff: What is Self Compassion?
• Link to a section of a Padlet board

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