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109. Why are we so hard on ourselves?
The Psychology of your 20s
How to Reduce Shame and Self Criticism
Self-compassion is a way of giving yourself permission to feel good about yourself. It's saying you don't need to earn the love that you give yourself. We can physically self-soothe and create that same reaction by doing things like placing one hand over our heart and the other hand over our shoulder, just giving a tight squeeze or caressing our own face. There have been so many experiments that have shown self compassion reduces the negative effects of shame and self criticism. And it's even created its own therapeutic practice called compassion focused therapy.
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