Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) - 8 weeks
With: Maggie O'Shea| Live-online
Mondays, 6:30 - 9 pm (AEST)
Starts: 28 April 2025
Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) is an 8-week training program where you will learn core principles and practices for responding to external and internal stress and difficulty with more awareness, kindness and wisdom, in ways that benefit ourselves and all those around us. Research shows that MSC can support your:
- Mental health (increased emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression, stress, self-criticism and rumination)
- Physical health (maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise)
- Relationships (improved self-awareness, communication, increased empathy and compassion, less judgement)
While compassion is a central part of mindfulness practice, many of us bypass it because we don’t know how to actually practice it! We are kind to others but we struggle to extend this to our own selves, and instead accidentally ‘practice’ self-talk and thinking patterns that can feel harsh, critical, shaming or ruminative.
The course is a great follow up for people who have completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program, or have some other mindfulness practice experience, but is also suitable for beginners.
Choose What You Pay – Support Yourself & Others
Our pricing is designed to balance generosity and accessibility. Please choose the amount that best fits your situation, knowing that every contribution helps sustain our mission. If you have some financial security: that is a job, some assets (savings, shares, property) and/or superannuation income we ask you to pay your way (with a payment plan if needed).
💛 Pay It Forward – $795
I'm in a position to give more and want to help others access this experience.
💙 Standard Rate – $695
Covers the true cost of the program—thank you for your support!
💚 Community Rate – $495
I need some support, but I’m happy to contribute what I can.
💜 Accessible Rate – $250
I could use a little extra help right now—grateful for this opportunity.
No one is turned away for lack of funds. If you need further assistance, reach out to us!
Maggie is a mental health social worker, couple therapist, and mother, and brings to teaching mindfulness a deep sensitivity and warmth. After twenty years of social work in health settings, she moved into private practice, specialising in loss, grief and trauma, before more recently focusing on couples. Health issues nudged her into yoga and her first 10-day meditation retreat in 1994, however combining daily meditation with motherhood proved elusive until discovering MBSR & what she experiences as the more practical and integrated, mind-body approach of Jon Kabat Zinn.
Dr. Adele Stewart MBBS FRACGP has been a dedicated General Practitioner in the Illawarra region for over 30 years. She serves as the Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Pain Management Group and is recognised by the RACGP for her extended skills in psychological medicine, particularly as an Internal Family Systems therapist.
Tina is an experienced and passionate Certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and MBCT / MBSR Teacher, having facilitated programs within the Education System, Cancer Support, Women's Health and the general community.