How to Deal With Negative Messages

We're often told that the way to combat negative self-esteem is to go, no, you're smart when it's like, well, but in that moment, like I wasn't. And so for so many people that often feels really hollow as a response. So what would self-compassion sound like in that moment? It certainly is not positive thinking and you write that that falls flat. You don't say I am smart. There's a couple things you can do. First of all, remember it's kind of separating ourselves from our behaviors or the situations. Our intrinsic worth is unquestioned. That's the bottom line of self-comp compassion, all human beings,

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