What is self-compassion?

Self-compassion is one of the most powerful and transformative resources that a person can have. I define self-compassion as the willingness to acknowledge and welcome the full range of one’s experience – pain, pleasure, discomfort, and everything in between. Unhealthy habits and self-defeating behaviors can have a strong grip because they numb us when we are unable or unwilling to accept how we actually feel, what we really want, who we truly are. Self-compassion helps loosen that grip and gives us greater clarity about the truth of our experience.

Cultivating self-compassion means developing the ability to observe and abide with an experience as it is, rather than either getting lost in it or turning away from it. The stronger this capacity, the more we are able to be fully present in each moment of our lives and the more flexible and whole we feel. Self-compassion is the focus of my practice, and it is a resource and a capacity that I actively support in all of my clients as they seek a deeper sense of wholeness and well-being in the way that they relate to themselves, and in their relationships with others.

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