7 Ways to Be Kinder to Yourself

Associate Editor Margarita Tartakovsky, in a blog written for Psych Central, has shared seven strategies for being kinder to ourselves.  The strategies are the work of author and educator Rosie Molinary and coach Mara Glatzel.  Here are the seven strategies (Tartakovsky's full article is at http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/01/31/7-ideas-for-being-kinder-to-yourself/):

     1. Give yourself the bare essentials (tend to your basic needs);

     2. Pay attention to your internal dialogue (and reframe it more positively);

     3. Feel your feelings (allow yourself to experience your emotions);

     4. Reframe challenges (instead of viewing challenges as failure, view them as information, which is neutral);

     5. Find solutions (when challenges present, focus on finding a solution);

     6. Lower your expectations (diminish the "shoulds"); and

     7. Start now (begin by tuning into your body).

Again, Tartakovsky's full article is at http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/01/31/7-ideas-for-being-kinder-to-yourself/. Enjoy.

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Steve Ferber is author of “21 Rules to Live By,” available at Amazon.com. Reviews at www.21rules.com.  Rule #1 is "Be Kind to Yourself."