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Alex Elle — Self-Care as Generational Healing

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Self Soothing Is for Babies

Alexa, i always thought of self soothing as a weakness and something childish. I mean, how much better would our work lives, our personal lives be if people just would figure out how to self suoth? And then i also think about just the inner childwork i've been doing. We still need that love and care and inner peace and these tools to help us move through the world. this is distressful world. A, my journal is my mirror. My loved ones are my mirror. So whenever i can't see myself, i know who i can look to and what i can look to for a reflection. That so offers me self soothing because i can see myself how

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