If you don’t know how to be kind to yourself, or if you speak to yourself in ways you’d never speak to a friend, there’s a simple but powerful technique that can help. The most effective way to develop self-compassion is to treat yourself the same way you would behave toward a valued friend who…
If you were taught that self-compassion equals weakness, leads to laziness, or that you need to be tough on yourself to stay motivated, you learned harmful myths that need to be challenged. Many trauma survivors learned that self-compassion equals weakness and leads to a lack of motivation. These were harmful myths designed to maintain control…
If self-compassion feels impossible, wrong, or selfish – or if you are far harsher on yourself than you ever would be with someone you love – there is a reason. Many of us were shown very little compassion as children. When parents are emotionally immature, their own needs come first. Comfort and care are not…
If you think self-compassion makes you weak, or believe you need to be tough on yourself to stay motivated, research shows the opposite is true. Self-compassion actually increases resilience – your ability to bounce back from adversity and face challenges with strength and determination. This challenges the harmful lesson many of us learned: that being…
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