The workshop will support you to find peace with food, your body and yourself. You will be introduced to practices you can use immediately in your life to help you care for yourself when you are stressed and struggling.   Victoria Pawlowski, M.Ed., RCC is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher with extensive training and experience in eating psychology, mind-body nutrition and integrated body psychotherapy.  She has integrated her years of experience and training to offer a unique,…

This workshop is offered as part of the annual Conference for APSYP 2019 and is sponsored by B.C. Council for Families. The Alliance for Professionals Serving Young Parents is a provincial group coordinated through the BC Council for Families dedicated to providing staff in BC with family life education and resources. This workshop will introduce Mindful Self-Compassion as a resource for building emotional resiliency while reducing stress and burnout.  Participants will learn core mindful self-compassion skills they can use immediately…

A 1/2 day introduction to the research and skills involve in building inner resiliency. Research has been exploding the last ten years showing a strong link between mindfulness and self-compassion and less negative emotions (anxiety, anger, frustration, stress, depression) and, at the same time, the strong development of more positive emotions (relationship satisfaction, healthier lifestyle behaviours, increased happiness and overall wellbeing.

Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and satisfying personal relationships.

Mindful Self-Compassion combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for emotional resilience. Mindfulness is the first step in emotional healing—being able to turn toward and acknowledge our difficult thoughts and feelings (such as inadequacy, sadness, anger, confusion) with a spirit of openness and curiosity. Self-compassion involves responding to these difficult thoughts and feelings with kindness, sympathy and understanding so that we soothe and comfort ourselves when we’re hurting. Research has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional wellbeing. It boosts happiness, reduces anxiety and depression, and can even help maintain healthy lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise. Being both mindful and compassionate leads to greater ease and well-being in our daily lives.

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)​ is an evidence-based training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. Based on the groundbreaking research of Dr Kristin Neff (PhD) and the clinical expertise of Christopher Germer (psychologist), MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care and understanding. Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and…