Tameka AndersonBehavior Coach | Creator of the THRIVE™ Framework & CALM Method™ at Cultivate Potential Strategies

This is How to Treat Yourself Well. ☺️ #trauma #impostersyndrome

11 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Tameka Anderson offers a concise framework for self‑care and relational balance, especially for individuals who have experienced trauma. She emphasizes that treating oneself well and treating others well are interdependent and begin with a correct mindset about oneself. The core advice is to accept oneself fully, recognize personal strengths and challenges, and express love openly to trusted individuals. Anderson stresses the importance of sharing one’s inner life with a small, safe, supportive group, and, when such external support is unavailable, cultivating an internal safe space to maintain personal safety and well‑being.

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I read something that's so good. It says, treat yourself well while not harming others. Treat others well while not harming yourself. And so how do you do that? It starts from thinking rightly about yourself. I always say our choices reveal what we believe about ourselves. And so the way to think rightly about yourself, especially if you've been through trauma, is I accept myself for who I am. I have a clear understanding of my strengths and challenges. I can talk openly to others. I say I love you to people I care about. I expose my interior life to a select group of safe, supportive people. If I do not have a group of safe, supportive people, I ask myself this question: when can I create safe space within myself so that I can choose safety from others.