3 Simple Strategies to Take Care of Yourself Right Now
How to reconnect with yourself in this hectic world
Do you find it difficult to reconnect with yourself? When you feel something in your life is not quite working as you would like? When you believe you are not good enough? When you neglect your self-care to serve others?
I want to share with you three simple, yet effective strategies that helped my clients reconnect and realign with themselves. Here are their insightful stories.
Be compassionate with yourself
Ryan felt like a fraud at work. He got intimidated by colleagues who were good at their jobs. He thought that their competence meant that he was less worthy himself. He constantly sought affirmation from his boss, and he got disheartened when he did not get it. When I told Ryan that he could learn to appreciate and love himself irrespective of what others thought or did, he found the idea challenging. He had grown up in a family that constantly compared him to others.
Ryan started practicing unconditional self-love every day. He congratulated himself when he did a good job. He was compassionate with the more needy parts of himself. He tried to stop the mental self-flagellation when he made mistakes. I noticed that slowly but surely, he…
