Remembering to give myself the same patience and compassion I give to those I love

[@MSkp4wo]

I definitely go back and forth with this internal struggle with self-compassion and frustration with just not being able apply those lessons from the past to just be okay and move through this cycle as smoothly as I'd hope to. One thing that I think is helping me is picturing what my future self would tell me right now. Because when I picture my past self when I was going through a similar cycle in the past, I picture myself giving her a hug, holding her hand, telling her that she will be okay with compassion. And then I picture my future self being that way to me now. I think that's helped me use those lessons from past experience/knowing that I've been through this before in a self-compassionate way. Wishing you the best on your journey as well, and as always thank you for sharing your thoughts and inner dialogue- it really is helping so many of us

[@joy__annabel]

Oh my goodness yes! Past-self soothing has been so helpful with tough memories and feelings that bubble up, its one of the first visualisation practices I remember really connecting with 🥲 Inviting the future self to the present sounds like exactly what I need right now ~ I almost feel silly for not having thought of it, but im more glad that it got to come from this little space, thank you for sharing 🌱 And thank you ♥️ Bless you 🤍

[@Cordel2747]

Wish you well on your journey through what we call life.

[@joy__annabel]

Thank you, the same wish for you too 🤍

[@ryanlong382]

Yeah, well I made mashed sweet potatoes today. These things are delicious. Know anything about growing potatoes? I think I wanna learn. Pretty hard to feel wounded when you're snarfing down some mashed sweet potatoes.