Shauna Shapiro, PhD is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She is a professor at Santa Clara University and has published over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books, translated into 16 languages. Dr. Shapiro has presented her research to the King of Thailand, the Danish Government, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Summit, and the World Council for Psychotherapy, as well as to Fortune 100 Companies including Google, Cisco Systems and LinkedIn. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Oprah, NPR, and the American Psychologist. Dr. Shapiro is a summa cum laude graduate of Duke University and a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, co-founded by the Dalai Lama. Her TEDx Talk, The Power of Mindfulness, has been viewed over 3 million times.
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THE OFFICIAL STORY
THE OFFICIAL STORY
Shauna Shapiro, PhD is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She is a professor at Santa Clara University and has published over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books, translated into 16 languages. Dr. Shapiro has presented her research to the King of Thailand, the Danish Government, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Summit, and the World Council for Psychotherapy, as well as to Fortune 100 Companies including Google, Cisco Systems and LinkedIn. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Oprah, NPR, and the American Psychologist. Dr. Shapiro is a summa cum laude graduate of Duke University and a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, co-founded by the Dalai Lama. Her TEDx Talk, The Power of Mindfulness, has been viewed over 3 million times.
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I discovered mindfulness during the darkest time of my life. I was 17, lying in a hospital bed, a metal rod in my spine, watching my life dissolve before my eyes. Throughout months of rehabilitation, what tortured me most was the fear that I would never be happy again. Mindfulness became my path to healing. Four years later, I went to Thailand and Nepal to deepen my study of mindfulness and discovered something essential: self-compassion. I learned that being kind to oneself was the most important – and often overlooked – ingredient of mindfulness. For the past two decades I’ve studied and taught the powerful duo of mindfulness & self-compassion and witnessed thousands of people transform their lives through these practices. Now, 25 years post-surgery, I’ve found a more enduring happiness than I ever knew possible. Science confirms what I’ve experienced: these practices have the power to rewire our brain and bring about lasting change in ourselves and our world.
THE WHOLE STORY
I discovered mindfulness during the darkest time of my life. I was 17, lying in a hospital bed, a metal rod in my spine, watching my life dissolve before my eyes. Throughout months of rehabilitation, what tortured me most was the fear that I would never be happy again. Mindfulness became my path to healing. Four years later, I went to Thailand and Nepal to deepen my study of mindfulness and discovered something essential: self-compassion. I learned that being kind to oneself was the most important – and often overlooked – ingredient of mindfulness. For the past two decades I’ve studied and taught the powerful duo of mindfulness & self-compassion and witnessed thousands of people transform their lives through these practices. Now, 25 years post-surgery, I’ve found a more enduring happiness than I ever knew possible. Science confirms what I’ve experienced: these practices have the power to rewire our brain and bring about lasting change in ourselves and our world.