we acknowledge that all humans are imperfect and lead an imperfect life.

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what’s more important than the intensity of the challenge you face in life is how you relate to yourself in the midst of it.

Self-compassion helps us focus on why we’re trying to achieve something.

Encouragement doesn’t mean lying to ourselves or using positive affirmations such as “Every day in every way I am getting stronger and stronger” because that may not be the case.

Compassion is predicated on the idea that all conscious beings are intrinsically worthy of humane treatment.

Workplaces that don’t prioritize the welfare of employees can easily become hostile environments, with self-serving bosses, corrosive office politics, sexual harassment, psychological abuse, even workplace violence. Laboring in uncaring work settings decreases morale, increases stress, and leads to depression.

encouragement allows us to take the journey as far as we’re able to go, even if it doesn’t turn out to be as far as we’d hoped. When I can trust that even if I blow it, I won’t cruelly turn on myself but will instead be supportive, it establishes the sense of safety needed to take risks.

When people are compassionate toward themselves after experiencing a trauma, they’re less likely to develop PTSD, enabling them to remain on stable footing.