“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” ~ Maya Angelou

Do you tend to be your own worst critic? Do you judge yourself harshly? Do you blame yourself for anything and everything that goes wrong?

Firstly, let me clarify that its good and healthy to hold yourself accountable, but self-compassion, kindness and gentleness with yourself is a necessity for mental health and healing as well. Let me offer you some tried and tested ways to practice being Kind and Gentle with Yourself…

Healing through treating yourself with Kindness

“When we give ourselves compassion, we are opening our hearts in a way that can transform our lives.” ~ Kristin Neff

People often assume that the best way to motivate yourself is to keep on being self-critical with yourself. That could not be further from the truth. Unfortunately, being constantly critical with yourself can take a real emotional toll. It can trigger depression, anxiety, immensely low self-esteem and self-worth issues, or an unhealthy and unreal level of perfectionism.

If you have found that you tend to be hard on yourself, don’t worry. There are many things you can do to change that negative cycle. I am listing many such positive and healing strategies below that I sometimes reccommend during therapy session, which can be effective treatments for anxiety and depression.

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