MEDIA COVERAGE & BLOGS

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Now, More Than Ever, Teens Need Self-Compassion

By Karen Bluth, author of The Self-Compassionate Teen

October 14, 2020

EMERGENCY SELF-COMPASSION CLASSES HELP TEENS AMIDST PANDEMIC

by Karen Bluth

While self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, it is particularly difficult for adolescents, who often lack the coping mechanisms for such situations. To help them address their anxiety and stress, Karen Bluth, a psychiatry professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is teaching four-week self-compassion classes: one for 11- to 14-year-olds and another for 15- to 19-year-olds. She’s doing this through the UNC Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute’s Program on Mindfulness & Self-Compassion for Families, which she developed last year.

For more information about Self-Compassion and upcoming classes, please visit selfcompassion.web.unc.edu.

The promise of self-compassion for stressed out teens

New York Times article by Rachel Simmons.

February 20, 2018

How Can We Keep Teens From Killing Themselves?

New research shows how being more self-compassionate can help.
Article by Karen Bluth, Ph.D on Psychology Today.

April 15, 2018

How to Help Teens Become More Self-Compassionate

Self-compassion may be key to supporting teen mental health. Dr. Karen Bluth shares
lessons with Greater Good Magazine, from her mindful self-compassion program.

October 19, 2017

SPEAKING OF TEENS

TarHeal Wellness: A Podcast for UNC Residents

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Karen Bluth PhD. Dr. Bluth who holds a faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine and is a Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute where she is founder of the Frank Porter Graham Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Program for Families.

September 23, 2022

Charting a Mindful Path with your ADHD Teen with Dr's. Karen Bluth and Mark Bertin

We're talking to the authors of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD, Drs. Karen Bluth and Mark Bertin, a book not written about teens and ADHD, but to them. It's one of the rare experiences that asks teens directly and personally to think about their ADHD, their relationship with others and their experience at school and work.

Teaching Adolescents Self-Compassion with Dr. Karen Bluth

In this episode, the accomplished Karen Bluth shares her research and insights into teaching adolescents the skills of self-compassion.

The Happiness Reset

This podcast- based on Tamara Lechner's book, The Happiness Reset- What to do when nothing makes you happy is designed to help take you from surviving to thriving using seven daily science-based strategies to ensure your efforts become predictable, simple, consistent and more effective.

September 2, 2020

Self-compassion and Teenagers

Anyone who has spent time around a teenager knows rebellion and self-discovery are part of the experience. In our current world, though, many teenagers struggle with anxiety, depression, or confusion as well. Researchers are starting to learn about approaches that can help people of all ages, including teens. In this episode, we talk with Karen Bluth of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to talk about her innovative, evidence-based work to develop mental health tools for teenagers and their families.

September 25, 2019

The Emotional Curriculum Podcast

SE02 E02 - Self - Compassion In Adolescents.

Dr Karen Bluth, Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina shares the model of self-compassion and discusses how this can be key to supporting the well-being of adolescents.
We discuss how a sense of humanity can be a key component in helping adolescents manage their own emotions and how we can help the young people we work with to develop their sense of self-compassion through mindfulness and self forgiveness.

The Power of Self-Compassion with Dr. Karen Bluth

On episode 19 of The Healthy Family Podcast Karen Bluth, Ph.D. explains the benefits of teaching self-compassion to adolescents. She is Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a certified instructor of Mindful Self-Compassion. Karen has been a mindfulness practitioner for almost 40 years and frequently gives talks, conducts workshops, and teaches classes in self-compassion in educational settings and in the community. She is co-creator of the curriculum Making Friends with Yourself: A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Teens, and author of the book The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are.

May 10, 2018

The Full Bloom Podcast - Is self-compassion more important than self-esteem? with Karen Bluth, PhD

This week we’re talking with researcher and educator Dr. Karen Bluth about all things self-compassion: what it really means, and why it can benefit every member of the family. Dr. Bluth talks us through the research, challenges misconceptions, and argues that self-compassion is actually more valuable for our kids than self-esteem. We also learn how to help our kids cultivate their self-compassion, and get some good news — that it’s easier to embrace than you may think!

January 28, 2020

Creating Self-Compassionate Teens

Want motivated, mentally healthy kids? Researcher Dr. Karen Bluth tells us to replace the critic with self-compassion. Here's how.

December 15, 2020