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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 of the three key factors of defusion, common humanity, and acceptance. The cross-validation of the Body Compassion Scale was completed in 2017 with a group of women in perimenopause and showed interesting findings regarding how an individual relates to their body and the experience of hot flashes (and other physical manifestations). More updates to come on this research.
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, just to name a few (the list is long and growing!). Research has explored the role of body compassion in many different facets of the experience of living in a body, including in perimenopause, multiple sclerosis, endometriosis, postpartum, PCOS, breast cancer, binge eating, and more.
Since the last post in November 2023 Body Compassion has continued to be studied in the research literature and a first season of podcast episodes has been published. All along the way a lot of life was happening behind the scenes and delayed the anticipated reboot of content and growth of this site. Truly living out the proverb “fall down seven times, get up eight” over here at the body compassion blog. So here we are again, with a Welcome to Body Compassion post. I am truly thrilled you are here. Stay tuned for updates on the research, podcast, and more. It’s all about supporting you in the longest relationship of your life, with you from your first breath to your last, the relationship with your body.
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