Takeaways:

1- Self-kindness means having a deeper acceptance of yourself in the present moment.

2- We can greet our inner critic with curiosity instead of giving it all our power.

3- Practice taking the mic from your inner critic and speaking to it with self-compassion.

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Mantra: I will be kind to myself.

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