You have the ability to experience growth, ease, pleasure, and vibrancy in your daily life. Together, we will reinforce your biology and nervous system's naturally arising support and resources available moment-to-moment. Over time with these exercises, your body and mind will be able to process and release stress effortlessly and you will enjoy healthy human pleasure more and more often.
Exercise 6: Compassionate Self-Talk
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Mindfulness, Common Humanity, & Kindness
Take a look at each of these statements, side-by-side and consider bringing curious awareness to what you notice within your mind and body when you say one aloud vs the other. why is this happening to me | why is this happening for me what should I do |. what could I do I have a body | I am a body the earth | our earth I don’t have time | That is not my priority Now write your own based on common phrases that have held you back in the past |
“Whenever I notice something about myself I don’t like, or whenever something goes wrong in my life, I silently repeat the following phrases: This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.” - Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself