How To Move From Self Rejection To Self Compassion | Self-Awareness Definition

So the question we're going to address today is how do we move from self rejection toward self compassion? And you'll notice that I use the word toward rather than to, because it's a gradual evolution to be able to move directly where the area is that we reject ourselves, to move toward self compassion. Now the first step is really being aware of where you most dislike yourself when you're in a certain emotion. Now it may be an emotion like anxiety, rejection, abandonment. And then we naturally go to the second step, which is seeing what emotion or what judgment do we have while we're feeling that original feeling that we dislike. So that dislike is a certain emotion or a judgment, and it may be a contraction, an irritation. Or we might just be withdrawing from ourselves. Now when we're aware of that, we make the big pivot, which is we ask ourselves when we're feeling that feeling we dislike, how do we most care for ourselves? And that shifts the focus from negativity or double negativity, which is the difficult feeling and the judgment toward it, toward an area where we can use our heart and our wisdom by asking that question from our heart, which naturally leads us to the fourth step, which is how do we dwell in areas of self compassion? Whether it's thoughts, actions we can take, or attitudes we can cultivate. And when we are dwelling on those attitudes, it might be attitudes like kindness or tenderness or. Or actions it might be lying down, putting our hands on our heart. So whatever it is for you, you make this great shift because you've identified what self rejection is and you've identified what self compassion is. I truly wish for you that this not only is a short conversation you're listening to, but it's something that you really take in for the rest of your life, for your benefit, for those that you love, and for the world.