In today’s episode of The Indigo Lounge, we explore the powerful difference between self-compassion and self-improvement—and why wellness culture often pushes productivity over true healing.

You’ll learn why being kind to yourself is actually radical, how self-criticism keeps your nervous system stuck in threat mode, and why change doesn’t happen through shame. We’ll also talk about how constant news and social media exposure impacts emotional regulation, anxiety, and burnout.

This episode includes grounding insight, practical tools to build inner safety, and a calming guided practice to help you reconnect with yourself in the present moment.

Because healing isn’t a hustle… and you don’t have to become someone else to be worthy of compassion.

In this episode:

• Why kindness to yourself is radical

• How self-criticism dysregulates the nervous system

• Practices that create inner safety

• How news exposure increases stress and emotional fatigue

• A guided self-compassion grounding practice