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Learning Compassion for Your High-Achieving Self

The Anxious Achiever

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Why Are We So Self Critic?

Evolution made us anxious, negative brains so that we could survive predators. We also evolved to be careful and focused toward others. Self compassion is an evolutionary hack for hacking into the system designed to care for others - using it for ourselves. It's really a radical act to be self compassionate, because our culture doesn't inspire move.

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