Comments on: March 2021 Theme: How to Cultivate Self-Compassion https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/march-2021-theme-how-to-cultivate-self-compassion/ A Lifestyle Blog Tue, 30 May 2023 19:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Alicja Los https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/march-2021-theme-how-to-cultivate-self-compassion/#comment-690530 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:06:51 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=87804#comment-690530 Thanks a lot for touching this delicate topic. It takes so much courage to admit in front of yourself and then in a way entire world to self-loathing like you here.
I think this is such an omnipresent issue for many ambitious women who feel that there is always more to reach…in the end they are never good enough now. It’s just the next task, achievement, goal, dream, promotion that will make them worthy. That never comes. Then they throw themselves into the next race. Endless loops….
I work as empowerment coach for women (mainly focusing on young entrepreneurs) and it never cease to surprise me how these amazing, inspiring, powerhouses of women see such a distorted picture of themselves. What they notice and what they totally miss.
I usually do a very powerful exercise with them that you guys can also do alone:
1. Take a photo of yourself as a child at the moment when you were purely happy (best really small max 5/6 years old)
2. Look at the photo and remind yourself all the qualities you had that made you into this exceptional small human being
3. Think of they ways you were living then- how were you, how did you take things, how you approached novelty, others etc
4. Close your eyes and send complete, unconditional love towards this child. Let yourself fully feel it for a moment. Say what you are proud that this child achieved.
5. Think of qualities/behaviors that this child had and you want to see more of in your current way of living/ being

It’s often very moving to see this cute little boy/girl and how pure, hopeful and loving they were. It’s much easier to trigger our compassion towards this helpless, little being and realize that this is still us. And that little child living still inside.

I hope that brings you some new insight 🙂

Alicja

]]> By: Cathy https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/march-2021-theme-how-to-cultivate-self-compassion/#comment-690529 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:51:32 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=87804#comment-690529 looking forward to this after reading this post.

]]> By: Monika H https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/march-2021-theme-how-to-cultivate-self-compassion/#comment-690432 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:26:30 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=87804#comment-690432 You really struck a nerve here! Looking forward to what you and your contributors have to say on this subject.

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