Self compassion takes self discipline
Self compassion isn’t passive airy fairy self indulgence. It’s an active decision that requires disciplined self kindness, shared understanding in the human condition and mindfulness of emotions
Tag: emotions
Why “going on a diet” doesn’t work!
There are 3 reasons why we eat: availability, emotions and hunger. Being mindful of the reason we’re eating will re-balance our relationship with food.
Should we be normalising mental illness?
We’re doing a good job of raising awareness of mental illness but we need to be careful that we don’t label every emotional difficulty as an illness. Language is powerful, using medical terminology to describe a normal emotional reaction is unhelpful – we need to learn to manage our normal emotions as just that.