We all know what it’s like to want to improve ourselves. We want to be healed of our childhood wounds. We want to be free of the burdens that weigh us down. We want to be happier. We want to be better people. We want to be engaged in work that we love. We want our hearts to sing, our minds to relax, and our bodies to feel good.
In over 20 years helping people make a shift into a more fulfilling life, I know firsthand what works and what doesn’t, what brings success and what brings struggle. From my years of interaction, I have found one tool that makes the most difference to people’s successful transformation. That tool is self-compassion.
What is self-compassion? Consider your answers to these questions:
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Are you compassionate and gentle to yourself when you lose, fail, or face disappointment as well as when you win or excel?
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Are you kind and forgiving to yourself when you feel regret and sadness?
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Do you build yourself up instead of beating yourself down?
In short, self-compassion is having sweetness for yourself no matter what else you might be experiencing. It is the ability to treat yourself kindly in the face of failure, rejection, defeat, and other difficult experiences.
About the Author: Want to learn more about how to live consciously, love deeply, and laugh often? Come along with Dr. Annette Colby and learn the secrets to creating the life you’ve always wanted to live! Subscribe to her blog Divine Self! today.
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If we don’t have compassion for ourselves, how can we possibly have compassion for others?
Hi there,
Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.
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Elcorin