Cultivating Self-Compassion
We need to understand the need to love ourselves and see our failings are part of the human condition. Instead of criticising ourselves, we can take a balanced view of the situation.
Apart from less stress, people who cultivate high self-compassion are less likely to have headaches, back pain and respiratory problems.
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