It can be hard to be kind to ourselves

Learning to be kinder and more compassionate with ourselves can feel deeply uncomfortable. When we have known struggle, stress and fear for a long time, our resistance to softness and ease can be intense!

Have you ever reacted to a situation in an irrational way? Like it was disproportionate to the situation? Maybe the emotions you felt were deemed ‘unacceptable’ to you in some way. They were just ‘too much’.

Often we shame ourselves for these reactions or emotions, but they are GOLD. They are parts of us that want to be heard and need to be treated with compassion and curiosity. This is when our resistance can get loud!

If we can notice our resistance and see it as a familiar pattern, and then allow our emotions to be there, then we can drop the shame.

This is true self-acceptance. This is true self-care. ❤️

Self- acceptance is at the heart of my work and I have spaces available on my 3 and 6 month coaching experience starting this month. You can check out my coaching experiences here and you can book in a 'getting to know each other' call, where we can chat and decide if working together would be a good thing for you.