Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 4

The importance of Self-Compassion as an Aspiring Psychologist  

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Today I will be talking about how discovering and utilising the practice of self-compassion will lead to an all-round nicer experience as an aspiring psychologist.  

The Highlights:

• Welcome: 00:30
• My history with compassion & Prof Paul Gilbert:  01:00
• Recommended books: 05:00
• Demand for Places: 09:00
• Mutual Exclusivity: 11:30
• Terms you’ll recognise from undergrad! 16:00
• Learning to Salsa – Badly! 17:00
• Compassion in Neuropsych 19:00
• Feed & Water yourself: 20:00                            

Links:

• The Compassionate Mind book by Professor Paul Gilbert: https://amzn.to/3mxN5qh
• The Compassionate Mind Approach to Difficult Feelings by Dr Chris Irons: https://amzn.to/3muzZKr
• To check out The Our Tricky Brain Kit: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/tricky-brain
• To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0
• To check out The Grief collective Book: https://amzn.to/3pmbz5t

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