The Wall of Kindness: Self-Compassion at the International Museum of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent

Learn how to be kinder to yourself-people from around the world reflect on what self-compassion means to them.

Visitors to the International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva, Switzerland, were asked to describe what it means to be kind to oneself. Forty of the 5000+ responses were chosen to help readers understand what self-compassion means around the globe. The original illustrated contributions appear in a variety of languages, with English translations. Supplemented with activities and games to strengthen self-compassion, this book encourages us to be kinder to ourselves.

Patricia Cernadas Curotto is a researcher in Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. She is interested in compassion and its role in social relationships. Her studies have focused on the impact of benevolent interventions in promoting inclusion and pro-social behavior, both in interpersonal relationships and in international contexts.