Hello and welcome. I am so glad you are here. Body compassion discussed in this blog was first born via development of the Body Compassion Scale (research started in 2014 and first published in 2017; see research articles for initial development article pulling from gold standard measures in body image and self-compassion) and the identification…
Welcome to Body Compassion! I am so glad you are here. In the time since the last blog post, body compassion has been growing behind the scenes of this blog. The body compassion scale has been translated into multiple languages and studies have been completed around the world, in Portugal, Korea, China, Italy, and Iran,…
Body Compassion: Cultural Behavior Change via Embodiment of Psychological Flexibility This 5 minute IGNITE! presentation is from the early development of the academic construct of body compassion. It was given in June 2014 at the World Conference of the Association for Contextual Behavior Science in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The presentation title/focus was specifically tailored to…
Mother’s Day is being celebrated today in the USA. This day conjures the full spectrum of experience and emotion for both mothers and children—which covers every single person in the States (everybody was birthed). A wonderful celebration for many to acknowledge and thank their Moms for the gift of life, support and care—and for mothers…
#nofilterDare to live life unfilteredMove beyond the deceptive safety of a sepia blurred imageInsteadsoftening edgesin contrast with sharp, clear view of subjectexposed with lens wide openWhat isAs it isNo filter#fearless © Jenn Altman, 2017 Poem written during a three-day retreat in Lexington, Kentucky (May 2017). Merging an interest in photography with the warrior view of…