Let me ask you a question – truly, when was the last time you really thought about all the good things you admire about yourself? Was it this week? Last month? Last year? Or at worst, never, maybe you have never taken the time to notice the positive things about yourself??
Well today, if you do nothing else, I want you to sit down and be truly kind to yourself. And maybe it has to wait until everyone else is in bed for you to have five minutes alone, that’s ok, it won’t take long!
You are going to practice writing a list of (or at least start with one thing) that you wholeheartedly admire about yourself. You will be kind to yourself in a way you would be to a valued friend, this is the practice of self-compassion.
Let me get things started – I love how determined I am once I set my mind to something. When I was a child, I imagine this was quite punishing for my family, but it has absolutely set me in good stead as an adult. What’s the first thing on your list? Maybe you can write five, or more? Do that now.
Ok, good, tell me you have something written, or at least is in your mind – the task for the coming week is to pick one of the things you admire and say this to yourself each day. Repeat as often as you like.
So, to be fair, it might take more than a week, but there are a couple of good reasons to practice this:
- we need to regularly practice being kind to ourselves (so when there a threats to our self-esteem, self-compassion, not self-criticism, is our default),
- Even our minds need reminding how awesome we are sometimes AND
- when we hear something enough, it changes the way we think about ourselves – and that itself, is really powerful!
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