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Psychology Today · 15h

“When Life Gives You Tangerines,” Be Kind to Yourself

Netflix's K-drama series "When Life Gives You Tangerines" is a beautiful, messy reminder of how self-compassion is part of the healing process when experiencing life's challenges.
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Weekly Self-Love Challenge: 7 Days to Fall in Love with Yourself and Reconnect

Take advantage of this week to embark on a self-love challenge aimed at falling more in love with yourself and reconnecting with your inner self. Value yourself, love yourself, and embrace yourself!
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Self-compassion is the simple approach to happiness we could all benefit from

felt bad about yourself or felt pain – and then go through each event and try to approach them with self-compassion. “Keeping a daily journal in which you process the difficult events of your ...
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If you need a reminder of how strong you are, try this self-love letter writing exercise

This guided self-love exercise will help you remember ... If you want to try writing a letter to yourself 10 years ago, follow these steps: The idea has had lots of positive feedback on social ...
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Cultivating Kindness for Yourself

Both psychological science (e.g., Neff 2023) and the world’s wisdom traditions point to self-compassion as an important ... soothing term of endearment for yourself. Psychologist Kristen Neff ...
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Self-Compassion Quiz

There’s an alternative: self-compassion. This is when you treat yourself with kindness and understanding, acknowledging your feelings and recognizing that everyone struggles sometimes. In addition to reducing stress, studies find that self-compassion ...