The antidote to self-criticism is self-compassion. We can learn self-compassion. The outstanding researcher Dr Kristin Neff @neffselfcompassion has broken down self-compassion and has a suite of excellent tools to help increase our self-compassion quota. Compassion and Acceptance is also Module …
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Dealing With Self-Criticism
I remember when I first heard about the concept of self-love. It was totally foreign. What did it mean to love yourself? I had only ever been taught that it was good to love others, to be kind to others. …
![Breaking the Shame Cycle When children don’t receive the love and attunement they need from caregivers, they will often assume it is something to do with them, that they are flawed somehow. This often carries over into adulthood, in the form of low self-esteem and feelings of deep shame. The experiences that created these feelings repeatedly happened over the years, so it makes sense that it takes a while to heal. Know that the cycle can end with you.](https://i0.wp.com/cdn1.jennynurick.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screenshot-2021-11-08-at-14.12.45.png?fit=370%2C373&ssl=1)
Breaking the Shame Cycle
Shame is often transmitted through family lines. Parents use shame-based parenting, the children grow up with shame and use shame-based parenting, and the pattern is repeated. Shame is something that comes up in therapy regularly. One of the most powerful …
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The Role of Self-Criticism
The antidote to self-criticism is self-compassion. We can learn self-compassion. The outstanding researcher Dr Kristin Neff has broken down self-compassion and has a suite of excellent tools to help increase our self-compassion quota. Compassion and Acceptance is also Module 5 …