Practicing Self-Compassion …
• We are often our own worst critics …
• As caregivers, our role creates an outward focus
that may not allow us to notice, validate our
needs or to receive as much as we need;
• Sit with these two statements for a few minutes
and notice yourself …
• What did you experience in this short time of
reflecting?
• So, how do we already go about “SelfCompassion”?
• What do we notice our needs are? Are there
times when we notice these needs more
easily? Times when it is less easy to notice
them?
• Validating needs – what does that even mean?
• Receiving for our needs – how do we go about
this? How do we fit it in?
Caution & Compassion …
- relating to is not re-experiencing
• Write your name on a piece of paper. Below your name, write the age
10, below that, 5 or 6 lines further down, write the age 20, below
that, write your present age;
• For each age, sit quietly for a few minutes and then, once you have
entered into a state of “relating to yourself” at that age, write an
encouraging note to yourself at each age.
• Answer the following:
• Describe how you see yourself growing in abilities?
• Describe how you see yourself overcoming challenges?
• Describe how you see yourself succeeding in relationships?
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