"Extend the same kind of compassion and love to yourself that you would a loved one. Extend the same kind of tender, warm embrace to yourself that you would a loved one. The same kind of empathy and openness and understanding. You deserve compassion. You deserve kindness. You deserve forgiveness. You deserve a big pat on the pack for your resilience, your determination, for doing the best you can with you what you know and where you are at right now and in any moment…past, present and future."

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