Self-compassion: the beneficial alternative
Self-compassion is being an ally to yourself rather than an enemy.
It involves three closely connected components:
- Self-kindness is as it sounds: it’s the act of treating yourself kindly, rather than with harsh criticism.
- Common humanity involves acknowledging that humans are flawed works-in-progress who are all connected to each other, if only through the fact that they all struggle in some way.
- Mindfulness is the process of neither pushing away nor clinging to any thought or feeling – it’s the experience of simply observing everything as it is.
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