If you feel the urge up to turn over a new leaf or two on New Years Day, one bad habit you should consider ditching is excessive self-criticism. That's according to counsellor and Irish Times columnist Padraig O'Morain, who speaks with Roísín Ingle about "self compassion" on this week's podcast.

Padraig explains how facing a challenging personal situation helped him realise that his own harsh self-criticism was preventing from taking action.

"It occurred to me that what was making me so nervous was the sense that maybe I will not do this thing right, maybe ill come into criticism," he said. "Then I realised that the critic I was fearing most was myself."

Padraig also leads a short mediatation. Happy New Year from the Roísín Meets team.