You’ve been criticising yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
— Louise L. Hay
What is self-compassion?
In basics terms, it’s speaking to ourselves the way we would to our friends.
My clients often feel they have sabotaged their prospects or feel they have somehow failed in their career. Perhaps they did not get a promotion, they stayed in a job for too long or they simply are not sure what to do next in their career.
The next time that you are berating yourself over a perceived career failure, try to think of how you would react to a good friend instead. Why would you treat a friend so differently?
Why not try treating yourself like a good friend and see what happens?
For more see this article I contributed to in the Irish Times





