The Self-Compassion Daily Journal by Dr. Diana Hill

THE SELF-COMPASSION DAILY JOURNAL:

Let Go of Your Inner Critic and Embrace Who You Are with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Do you beat yourself up when you make a mistake? Are you overly self-critical, holding yourself to unrealistically high standards? If so, you aren’t alone. It can be challenging or even uncomfortable for many of us to embrace ourselves with kindness. However, over time, self-criticism can lead to increased anxiety and depression, lower our self-confidence, and even undermine our ability to take steps toward positive, meaningful change. The good news is that self-compassion is a skill that can be learned.

In The Self-Compassion Daily Journal, clinical psychologist and author of ACT Daily Journal Diana Hill offers powerful writing prompts grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to help you let go of harmful self-criticism–whether it’s about body image, career goals, or parenting–and instead cultivate kindness and forgiveness toward yourself.

With this journal, you’ll find practices to help you:

Reduce anxiety, depression, and rumination
Improve and deepen your relationships
Bolster feelings of self-worth and confidence
Reduce stress and boost immunity
Build resilience, happiness, hope, and optimism

Endorsements

In The Self-Compassion Daily Journal, skilled psychologist and meditation teacher Dr. Diana Hill offers you a warm, wise, and effective real-world path through life’s difficulties. You will learn to listen to and respond to yourself with kindness, identify what an enriching life means to you, and, through these powerful practices, gain the courage to extend your compassionate heart to others.

— Trudy Goodman, PhD (Founder of InsightLA) and Jack Kornfield, PhD (Author of No Time Like the Present and The Wise Heart)

Diana Hill is brilliant at making important ideas accessible to us all. In small bite-size units, this gentle and wise book will help you create habits of compassion that will touch and lift up every corner of your life. Structured as an 8-week journey into what your heart yearns for, it never overwhelms, it never talks down, and never lets you flounder. It takes you by the hand, treats you as an equal, and shows you how to master skills that matter. An awesome piece of work.

— Steven C. Hayes, PhD, professor of psychology emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno and originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The inspiring practices backed by science in The Compassion Daily Journal unlock a new level of acceptance, fulfillment, and performance. The 8-week journey of building compassion as a skill is a must-have toolbox in daily life! Hill’s daily practices help create space to take the full breath you didn’t know you needed. Her impactful writing and clarifying questions are inspiring and make the experience unique and fun.

— Sonya Looney, MS, NBC-HWC, World Champion Professional Mountain Biker, and Podcast Host of The Sonya Looney Show about high-performance and well-being.

Diana Hill offers a rare combination of therapeutic insight and friendly support, grounded in both scientific research and contemplative wisdom. Wow. This is a gem of a book that will help anyone live with greater confidence, courage, and inner peace.

— Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

How can we harness the power of self-compassion to work with our inner critic and nurture the courage, the wisdom, and the commitment we need to address suffering and cultivate a caring, aware, open and purposeful life, a life well lived? The Self-Compassion Daily Journal is an excellent, elegant, and powerful guide that helps readers do exactly that, inviting them to water the seeds of compassion and psychological flexibility daily.

 — Marcela Matos, PhD, auxiliary researcher and professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal

Cultivating self-compassion requires practice, and that works best with a structure and a guide. Diana Hill has provided you just such a step-by-step approach to maintaining your self-compassion practice with The Self-Compassion Daily Journal. Beyond that, she is a wise and caring guide who can help you to go farther than you might expect in your journey into mindfulness and compassion. I’m recommending this book to my clients and students, and to you!

— Dennis Tirch, founding director of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, author of The Compassionate Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

Diana Hill is back with more support for growing a deep, satisfying, stress-defusing life. Her new workbook is a “kind hand on our backs” as each of us navigate the unrelenting pressure of self-criticism. Activities include befriending ourselves, establishing a soothing breathing practice, unsticking our cycle of oppressive thoughts, and working with hopelessness using our creativity. Hill’s work is grounded in reality and offers practical help, even while exploring the latest, research-backed theories in the field of self-compassion.

—Julie Bogart, creator of the Brave Writer program and author of Raising Critical Thinkers and The Brave Learner

Testimonials

Get Your Copy of
SELF-COMPASSION DAILY JOURNAL

Order your copy now at these retailers:

Self-compassion daily journal by Diana Hill book cover

AMAZON

BARNES & NOBLE

New Harbinger

CHAUCER'S

Copperfield's

Powell's

Order Today The Self-Compassion Daily Journal

Claim Your Free Bonus Gifts

Complete the form below to receive four short meditations as a bonus gift…

When we choose to open our hearts to ourselves, we are choosing the courageous path of embracing who we are. This path of self-compassion is the first step toward our collective freedom from suffering. Let this journal guide you toward inner peace, better relationships, increased well-being, and joy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Diana Hill, PhD is a clinical psychologist, international trainer and sought-out speaker on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion. Host of the podcast Your Life in Process and author of The Self-Compassion Daily Journal and co-author of ACT Daily Journal, Diana works with organizations and individuals to develop psychological flexibility so that they can take wise action toward fulfilling and impactful lives.

Change your life in just minutes a day with this powerful guided journal.

Change your life in just minutes a day with this powerful guided journal.