Self Compassion- the antidote to our inner critic

Many of us have a strong inner critic. Our inner critic is the voice inside of our head that tells us that we are not good enough, that we "should" be different, that our mistakes will ruin us. Almost everyone has these thoughts. Our inner critic is developed when we are young to help us stay safe and be accepted. Our brain habitually uses our inner critic so much that it gets in our way. Imagine when you make a mistake . . . how do you talk to yourself versus how would you talk to your best friend. What's different? What if we talked to ourselves like we would talk to our friend? When experiencing a difficulty, try treating yourself as you would a friend. Try speaking kind words to yourself instead of beating yourself up. Dr Kristen Neff has expanded our understanding of and the impact of self-compassion. Please check out her work further. I have links to her work in my resources page. Keep working on it! You are worth it!