Learning Self-Compassion in a World That Encourages Self-Criticism

It’s been a relief

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I don’t know about you, but I can be extremely self-critical. I’ve been that way for so long, it’s hard to remember a time when I wasn’t. I walk away from a conversation and beat myself up for saying something I think maybe I shouldn’t have said. I trip on the sidewalk and immediately think to myself how clumsy I am (and…