I have been reading a few pages Kristin
Neff’s self-compassion book each day.
It is a fascinating educational read with simple profound ways to be
kinder to ourselves. Self-compassion has been shown to reduce
depression and anxiety by more than a third with little more than a few minutes
compassionate self-talk each day. Her
website is http://www.self-compassion.org.
Two quick exercises that I have combined are to give myself a hug (with
hands on opposite biceps) and tell myself that “I love and accept myself
exactly as I am”. I have only done this
a few times for the last several days—but they have been good days in spite of
some external turmoil that would have been more problematic in the past.
I am grateful for learning how to use self-compassion to reduce
negative self-talk to a much more pleasant level.
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