Do you ever find that you are hard on yourself? Recent research suggests that self-criticism can have deleterious effects whereas self-compassion is key to resilience and empowerment.
For a more detailed account, see my recent article in Spirituality & Health or on the Self-Compassion website. http://www.self-compassion.org/SH_Self-Compassion.pdf
Good post! Exhaustive and interesting too :)
ReplyDeleteNot having poured through the post, I'd like to add that people put others into convenient, often disparaging, boxes for a variety of reasons. Compassion for oneself is vital to one's success. You are who you think you are. Kaz
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