Space Between Self Esteem and Self Compassion Video
Space Between Self Esteem and Self Compassion Video
Link to the Ted Talk available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Be sure that your responses are adequately thorough and detailed. Some of the answers may just be fill-in the blank while others clearly require more detail and full sentences. It might be helpful to take notes while watching the video in order to appropriately answer the questions below. Keep in mind that the questions are asked in order of the video’s progression, making it easier to identify the answer.
Most of the answers to the questions below come directly from the video. There are a few questions which are considered “Personal Reflection” questions and are thus indicated as such in parentheses to avoid any confusion. Please make answers gender neutral and simple.
Questions
1.How self-compassionate are you? Please elaborate. (Personal Reflection)
2.At the beginning of the video, the speaker shares about learning about the “importance of including ourselves in the circle of compassion– of treating ourselves with the same kindness, care and concern that we treat a good friend.” What do you see is the value of practicing compassion in your life? Please elaborate. (Personal Reflection)
3.How does the speaker define self-esteem?
4.According to the speaker, why did psychologists regard self-esteem as the “ultimate marker of psychological health”?
5.According to the speaker, what is the “logical impossibility” that springs from the need to chase high self-esteem in American culture?
6.According to the speaker, how does the self-esteem movement relate to narcissism and what sort of “nasty social dynamics” arise from the need to raise one’s self-esteem?
7.Describe how self-esteem is contingent and what is problematic about that?
8.How does this problem of “contingency” with self-esteem affect women and girls in our society?
9.How has your self-esteem been contingent in the past? In other words, on what have you based your self-esteem on? (Examples might include looks, validation/attention, money, work, status, the judgment of others, specific milestones/achievements, relationships, doing well on a particular task, being better than other people in certain areas, etc., etc.) (Personal Reflection)
10.According to the speaker, how is self-compassion different from self-esteem?
11.Describe the “kindness” component of self-compassion.
12.In this context, the speaker describes treating ourselves the way we might treat a good friend. How do you do with this? Do you tend to speak to yourself more harshly than you would a close friend or a loved one? And what might the benefit of shifting the way you treat yourself to be more aligned with how you would treat someone else you care about? Please elaborate. (Personal Reflection)
13.Describe the “common humanity” component of self-compassion.
14.According to the speaker, how do we often behave “irrationally when we’re struggling in life or not reaching our goals”? And what about this reaction is considered “psychologically damaging”?
15.When you fall short of your goals or expectations, or you’re struggling in life, do you tend to reach out for help to connect with others or do you tend to isolate and feel separate from others? What do you see as the importance of connecting with others during times of struggle and strife? Please elaborate. (Personal Reflection)
16.Describe the “mindfulness” component of self-compassion.
17.According to the speaker, why are we often “unaware of our own suffering”?
18.Do you tend to be self-critical? Are you always aware when you’re being self-critical? What do you see are the problems with being self-critical? Please elaborate. (Personal Reflection)
19.According to the research shared by the speaker, why do we engage in self-criticism?
20.In this context, do you believe, or have you at one point believed, that self-criticism is necessary for motivation? Please elaborate? (Personal Reflection)
21.According to the speaker, what does the research show is the real impact of self-criticism? And what explanation does she provide to explain this outcome?
22.According to the speaker, how is self-criticism a “double whammy”?
23.According to the speaker, what happens in our body when we are constantly engaging in self-criticism? And how does it explain how self-criticism might not be the best motivational strategy?
24.What system in the body is associated with compassion and what happens within our bodies when we tap into that system? And how does this explain how self-compassion may be a better motivational strategy?
25.According to the speaker, in what ways does the scientific research support the efficacy of self-compassion?
26.What are the findings of the research involving the direct comparison between self-esteem and self-compassion?
27.How does the cultivation of self-compassion help us in our relationships with others?
28.Answer the following Personal Reflection Question Series after watching the Ted Talk:
a.What have you learned from this Ted Talk that is significant to you?
b.How can you apply these teachings in your life?
c.What will be the benefit of applying these teachings?
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