Do You Have the Skills to Deal With the Reality of the World as It Is Not as You Wish It to Be?

When we disengage with the truth of our emotional experience it undermines our resilience. It fundamentally undermines our ability to human again, using that human as a verb. We can only walk through the world in that whole way when we have our own backs and we are kind. Gentle because being kind to yourself is often seen as being something like letting your guard down or not being tough on yourself.