The Power of Self Compassion: Overcoming Self Abuse in Personal Development

Being hard on myself and you being hard on yourself and any of your listeners, being hard on yourself is actually abusive. And most of us have learned to be abusive towards ourselves from whether it was parents, coaches, whatever, that that was the way to the next great achievement. If you're hard on yourself, you're going to drive harder, you're going to push harder. But the truth of the matter is, when you learn deep levels of self, compassion and acceptance, you don't have to be hard on yourself. So think about your kids, Beverly. Right. When you push them and drive them, do they rise up to the challenge? Sometimes. But what are they really looking for you as a parent? Like, they're looking for your love, they're looking for your acceptance, they're looking for your compassion. And we can be compassionate and still say, hey, you need to go do the thing. And, hey, this is probably going to be hard. And you know what? Like, I love you and I know that you are capable of more, but we're going to do it from a place of love and compassion versus you're not good enough. Completely different energy to operate from.