Ep #394: Self-Compassion: How to Stop Beating Up Your Past Self

#394: What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t your past choices, but the way you continue to judge yourself for making them?

This week, I explore why self-compassion is such a powerful part of real change and why beating yourself up for who you used to be only creates more shame, disconnection, and stuckness. We dive into how we often reject the version of ourselves who learned survival strategies like codependency, perfectionism, and people pleasing, instead of recognizing that our past selves were doing the best they could with the tools they had.

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