This week Skye & Amanda read a Psychology Today article by Juliana Breines, “Self-Compassion vs. Letting Yourself Off the Hook”. The two define self compassion and discuss where they were with it prior to reading. They open up about what areas they see that they can make improvements with how much grace they give themselves. 

Together the ladies run through the four questions that Breines suggests we ask ourselves if we’re unsure whether we are being genuinely self compassionate or just letting ourselves off easy.

Skye talks about how hearing and receiving what other people think of her has positively impacted how she sees herself. Amanda talks about how she’s bringing self compassion into her career and what grief has taught her about common humanity. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode are linked to our Bookshop.org shop* 

• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristen Neff
• Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown

Articles mentions in this week’s episode:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-love-and-war/202006/self-compassion-vs-letting-yourself-the-hook

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