Listen,offering compassion is not the same as offering your forgiveness. Maybe some people from your past don’t deserve, yet to be forgiven. Perhaps, you want to keep your door open for an apology or at least an “I’m sorry” before forgiving and forgetting. However, offering your compa...
When we feel compassion for others, we feel kindness toward them, empathy, and a desire to help reduce their suffering. It’s the same when you are compassionate toward yourself. Self-compassion creates a caring space within you that is free of judgment—a place that sees your hurt and you...
[Compassion for Yourself]Don’t consider anger, hatred, and greed as enemies you have to fight, destroy, or annihilate. If you annihilate anger, you annihilate yourself. Dealing with anger in that way would be like transforming yourself into a battlefield, and tearing yourself to bits. If ...
Here’s how to have a positive mental attitude when you’re faced with uncertainty: Have compassion for yourself when you fail Frame challenges as opportunities Set ambitious goals See each failure as a lesson Challenge negative beliefs and learn how to be optimistic 6. Hang out with ...
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Self-compassion is a tool we can use to authentically and sustainably develop our psychological resilience and improve our health and wellbeing. Contact us to find out how we can help About Dr Amanda Super Our programmes have been created by Dr Amanda Super, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist...
Self-compassion is a tool we can use to authentically and sustainably develop our psychological resilience and improve our health and wellbeing. Contact us to find out how we can help About Dr Amanda Super Our programmes have been created by Dr Amanda Super, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist...
Have compassion for yourself Writers are notorious perfectionists, so this is worth saying this out loud: “failing” to meet a particular goal is not the same as failing to be a writer, or a good writer, or a successful writer. Do not hold yourself to impossible standards. ...
Have compassion for yourself. If you're feeling really judgemental about something you've done or said, try to understand where the judgement is coming from. Not the immediate, surface answer, but an answer deep down inside you. Are you afraid of something, or are you feeling insecure? Do...
Acknowledge your mistakes, not with the aim to beat up or punish yourself, but to know what you must face. Stay focused on what is important, your purpose and put aside your vanity. Step 2. Be compassionate Once you acknowledge your mistakes, have compassion for yourself. Know that you ha...