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Self-Compassion Defined: “Self-compassion is simply the process of turning compassion inward. We are kind and understanding rather than harshly self-critical when we fail, make mistakes or feel inadequate. We give ourselves support and encouragement rather than being cold and judgmental when challenges and difficulty arise in our lives”. – self-compassion.org

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Three R’s of Resilience

I am joined by the wonderful Miranda Lee, who teaches Meditation techniques to busy people like myself so that we can find that much-needed pause in our lives. Now, when you hear that phrase pause, do you actually take a pause in your life? And if so, what do you do? Is it?

Locking yourself in a room to escape your children. Maybe it's going to the gym. Maybe it's tuning out life and drowning yourself in Netflix or whatever Streaming service you're using. But in today's episode, we talk about how self-compassion builds empathy. Now, self-compassion is simply defined as self-kindness rather than judgment.

You know, we all have that inner critic, that voice that comes out that says, you're not doing good. You're not good enough. You're failing. Well, self-compassion is putting that voice to rest. And in this episode, we talk about the importance of how building that self-compassion leads us to empathy. Miranda also gives us a few little tools and techniques at the end of the episode to really

practice that technique of building self-compassion. You know, empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes. I think we've all been there, we've all done that, but compassion is different. It's the element of wanting to help. However, it's not putting yourself in that other person's shoes. It's that understanding that you are human.

And all humans suffer, and I want to do something to help. That's what compassion means. And we're gonna turn that inward to self-compassion. So stay tuned. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did with Miranda. And as always, what really helps the show and helps us grow is if you head to Instagram and check out Invisible Condition there.

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• The difference between empathy and self-compassion
• Resilience
• The importance of taking a pause, for ourselves

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