From: The New York Times
Are You Too Hard on Yourself?
When something disappointing happens — you got a lower grade on a test or project than you were expecting, you had a lackluster performance in your sport, you didn’t get the part you wanted in the school play — what sort of things do you say to yourself or about yourself afterward?
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Finally, self-compassion is sometimes confused with self-care, but it’s not just about soothing, said Steven C. Hayes, a clinical psychologist and the creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which emphasizes the types of skills that are useful for building self-compassion, like living in the moment and focusing on values rather than imposed expectations.
Self-compassion “is the empowerment to be yourself, to feel what you’re feeling, fully and without needless defense,” he said.
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