reminds us of our wholeness , reinforcing that I made a mistake , but I am not a mistake . Choosing to be compassionate to ourselves , empowers us to turn mistakes into lessons , which nurtures our growth mindset and the healing possibility of treating ourselves better . Embracing our humanity by choosing self-compassion , helps us know we are not alone and normalizes our experience .

I saw an image recently of a heart holding a flower to give to a brain with the caption “ Talk a littler nicer to yourself today .” When you choose to talk to yourself a little nicer , you will begin the process of embracing a more compassionate approach to your life . Your loving heart can influence your judging critical brain and you can rewire your brain with selfcompassion . Practicing self-compassion can be the spark that guides you to be more selfloving each and every day .

Listen to your body with love , gratitude , and rest . So many of

us criticize and judge our bodies for not looking like we want or operating the way we want them to . We forget what a miracle our bodies are and stop listening to the messages our bodies have to share with us . Today choose to practice self-compassion by listening to your body with love and gratitude and give yourself permission to rest .

Acknowledge and affirm your emotions . Choosing to treat

ourselves like a dear friend means we learn to acknowledge and affirm our emotions . We often reject how we are feel or apologize for having emotions instead of expressing our love and support to ourselves . One of the best ways we can demonstrate self-compassion is by acknowledging and affirming how we are feeling . Today choose to acknowledge how you are feeling the way you would for a dear friend and say to yourself , “ this is hard and I am here for you .”

Send love to yourself when you criticize and compare .

When we criticize or compare ourselves to others we lose our connection to ourselves . We feed our unworthiness with comparison