How do you treat yourself?

[Geoff-Allen]

Greetings!

Was again not too sure where to post this vital and world-changing thread ...

So move it if you want to!

Are you hard on yourself when you make a little - or even a huge - mistake?

If so, I know the feeling!

Here's an article that may help you out - I found it most useful -

When it comes to personal development, our culture often celebrates those who are self-assured or self-confident. But new research suggests that self-compassion might be a better way to approach success and personal development. For instance, self-confidence makes you feel better about your abilities, while self-compassion encourages you to acknowledge your flaws and limitations. And once you acknowledge and accept your flaws, you are more likely to view them objectively and realistically. This, in turn, can lead to positive changes in your life.

How Self-Compassion Makes Life Manageable

Wishing you all the best!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Oh yes ... almost forgot - here is a talk on the subject -

self compassion - YouTube

Cheers!

 

[Nakosis]

Greetings!

Was again not too sure where to post this vital and world-changing thread ...

So move it if you want to!

Are you hard on yourself when you make a little - or even a huge - mistake?

If so, I know the feeling!

Here's an article that may help you out - I found it most useful -

When it comes to personal development, our culture often celebrates those who are self-assured or self-confident. But new research suggests that self-compassion might be a better way to approach success and personal development. For instance, self-confidence makes you feel better about your abilities, while self-compassion encourages you to acknowledge your flaws and limitations. And once you acknowledge and accept your flaws, you are more likely to view them objectively and realistically. This, in turn, can lead to positive changes in your life.

How Self-Compassion Makes Life Manageable

Wishing you all the best!

A little self loving...
The importance of self-love and how to cultivate it

 

[Geoff-Allen]

A little self loving...
The importance of self-love and how to cultivate it

Thanks for the contribution ... off to do some reading ...

 

[Geoff-Allen]

What 2 do about that voice-in-your-head -

Where did the voice come from and why is it so hard to make it be quiet? Do you ever notice the voice in your head has a lot of self-judgments? How come when I try to turn off the voice in my head it doesn’t seem to work?

For most people the mind has developed into something that does incessant describing, comparing, and judging. When I didn’t have any awareness I didn’t notice how busy it was all the time. When I noticed it, I just assumed that it was me thinking. I didn’t think of my thinking as judgmental. I just thought that my opinions were the right ones. Because I was comfortable with my opinions for a long time they didn’t bother me. But then in times of stress when the voice in my head would keep me up at night, I began to notice things were out of balance.

Most everyone has this type of chatter in their mind to varying degrees. The difference is that some people identify with it, and feel it is them. Other people realize that their mind has taken on a life of its own and decide to do something about it.

One of the most helpful things in this process of quieting the voice in your head (the Voice) is to realize where it came from and what it is doing there. Understanding the origin of the Voice will help you let go of judgmental reactions during this process. Understanding your own thinking is so important that my mentor don Miguel Ruiz wrote The Voice of Knowledge devoted to this subject.

What is the Voice in my Head

All the best!