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Self-compassion may help people manage reactions and motivate behaviour change in response to health-risk information. We examined the feasibility and acceptability of a self-compassion intervention for women at-risk of cardiovascular disease and, secondarily, mean trends. Women aged 55-75 years at intermediate-to-high Framingham Disease risk, scoring below the mean in self-compassion, were recruited from the WARM Hearts cohort (ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT03938155). Participants completed three weekly virtual sessions. Session I (90-minutes): participants received cardiovascular risk information, were introduced to self-compassion, and self-selected a behaviour-change goal (e.g., physical activity). Sessions II and III (60-minutes): participants applied self-compassion to cardiovascular risk and behaviour-change. Home practice was assigned after Sessions I and II. Feasibility outcomes were recruitment …