When Empathy Turns Inward: A Conversation on Self-Compassion

RAFT Team, September 15, 2025

Join the RAFT Team in a conversation about self-empathy and self-compassion. Jeremie, Nicole, and Joy discuss the three main components of self-compassion, the challenges of focusing on yourself, how socialization affects our views on self-compassion, and how they each practice self-compassion.

Episode Time Codes

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:45 Jeremie gives definitions of self-empathy and self-compassion
  • 01:55 RAFT Podcast team introductions
  • 02:42 Joy discusses the three main components of self-compassion
  • 04:12 Nicole talks about the challenges of focusing on yourself
  • 07:03 Jeremie discusses how socialization affects our views on self-compassion
  • 09:01 Why Joy finds self-compassion so challenging
  • 13:16 Why Nicole finds self-compassion so challenging
  • 17:02 Jeremie's experience with self-compassion
  • 23:18 How Joy practices self-compassion
  • 28:22 How Jeremie practices self-compassion
  • 32:46 How Nicole practices self-compassion
  • 41:01 Team's final thoughts
  • 44:46 Outro