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Be Kind...Even To Yourself

Food, We Need To Talk

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Self Compassion - The Counterweight to the Sympathetic Nervous System

When we feel an someone feels threatened, we try to help them. Self compassion provides for a kind of switching from one safety system to another. It's called the para sympathetic and it helps us rest and digest. We release things like oxitosum as a way to feel safe.

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