Quotes About Self-compassion

Self-Blame. You blame yourself for something you weren't entirely responsible for, or you beat up on yourself because of some mistake you made.

For example, in answer to "I never do anything right," you could write, "Forget that! I do some things right and some wrong, just like everyone else. I fouled up on my appointment, but let's not blow this up out of proportion.

I don't want to hurt myself. I want to stop hurting.

Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee...

Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding. If we want to understand other human beings, there is no better way than to listen to them with empathy like a close friend would. If you wish to understand yourself, the same rule applies: listen with empathy. Instead of talking negatively to yourself, try to listen to yourself with respect and positive attention. Instead of judging yourself, accept yourself just as you are.

As Carl Rogers, one of the founders of humanistic psychology, once noted: "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.

El cuento del lunático ¿Quién soy yo para exigir la perfección? Yo, el cúmulo de los defectos.

Me pasé varias horas llorando mirándome al espejo, viendo como me caían las lágrimas. Quien diga que nunca lo hizo, miente. Es reconfortable saber que hay testigos de nuestra tristeza, aunque no sea más que nuestro reflejo.

All we can do is make the best decision possible in that moment. Then move on. Because we can't know how a different choice would play out, it makes no sense to beat ourselves up over what looks like a bad choice in retrospect.

You need to forgive yourself. You need to believe what you did is not more powerful than what God can do from this point forward.

principle of treatment can be summarized as: Facing Accepting Floating Letting time pass

You're allowed to grieve your loss even if it's embarrassing

the only good things about getting old was mutual permission to be imperfect.

Moving on is something that happens to you, not something you do. That's what people don't realize. Moving on is not proactive. It's organic. Be kind to yourself.

Moving on is something that happens to you, not something you do. That's what people don't realize. Moving on is not proactive. It's organic. Be kind to yourself.

By practicing mindfulness, kindness, and compassion in a steady and committed way, you will begin to recognize the habits of meanness toward self or another when they surface.

establishing a kind attention on your inner experience of anger and hostility, recognizing it as experience, not as self. It means being a friend to yourself and to the anger.

Take care of yourself as if you're the most awesome person you've ever met.

I deserve no punishment at all for being who I am.

we all just do the best we can. And that's enough.

The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life.

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

Never see yourself as a disappointment or failure just because you were fired

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.