Why Am I So Hard on Myself? (Self Compassion Pt. I‪)‬ Educated Messes: Mental Health, Relationships, Work, & Well-Being

It’s the season of love, so what better time to learn how to treat ourselves a bit more lovingly? In part one of our Self-Compassion Series, we dig into the challenges we personally face in being compassionate towards ourselves. We discuss prompts from Dr. Kristen Neff’s self compassion workbook, examine our own patterns, and start to discuss areas where we could treat ourselves a bit more kindly. We open up about the struggle of wanting to evolve without rejecting who we are right now and noodle on how we might find balance between loving ourselves while also recognizing that there is always room to grow.
This isn’t our first attempt at recording an episode on this topic (the first one ended up being scrapped and replaced by our burnout episode…and then we disappeared for nine months…) but this time around we’re feeling renewed and a little bit more equipped to explore this very important topic.
TLDR; Self-compassion is hard, y’all.
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Other EM episodes we mention
 
Episode 01: Why is it so Hard to Try New Things?
Episode 17: When Does Positivity Become Toxic?
We also mention
Workbook: “The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook” Kristen Neff
Book: “Trick Mirror” by Jia Tolentino
Article: “Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman” Jia Tolentino
Kristen Neff: Website