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Fierce Self-Compassion - A conversation - Tara Brach & Kristin Neff

Tara Brach

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Is This Real, but Not True?

Some people think that, you know, it's my parents, is always my parents, rom ar early upbringing. There is something physiological about self ism, because it does top into the threat defense system,. So, for instance, my son, rowan, is very self critical. And he projects at when he makes a mistake, and he imagines being criticised - even though he's not been actually criticised. He criticises himself as a way to prevent that. It just comes from the natural, even biological, imperative to be safe.

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