Self-Compassion in Thirty Seconds

Think about the last time a friend told you she’d had a shocker of a day – dropped a ball at work, snapped at her kids, forgot the thing she promised. You probably said something like, “Oh, love, you’re human. Look at everything you’re carrying.” Now think about what you said to yourself, the last time the shocker of a day was yours. That gap – between the voice we use for the people we love and the voice we turn on ourselves – is where self-compassion lives. And closing it doesn’t take a the...