The lived experience of self-compassion among participants in the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program: A hermeneutic phenomenological study
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling August 29, 2026 Insil Song, Sujin Yun
Purpose: This study explored how adults who participated in a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program experience self-compassion, and interpreted the meaning structure of that experience to reveal its underlying essence. Methods: Van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenology was adopted. Data were collected from three adults who had completed a standard MSC program through individual written accounts and...