Self-compassion,
self-love
& self-care
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I always thought it was me against the world, and then one day I realized, it’s just me against me.
—Kendrick Lamar
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The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.
—Pema Chödrön
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I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth.
—Alice in Chains
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We do not have to be ashamed of what we are.
―Chögyam Trungpa
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
―Buddha
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There is nothing wrong with you.
―Cheri Huber
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Why fight yourself?
―Beastie Boys
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Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
—Oscar Wilde
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I need to learn to love me.
—Converge
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If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?
—RuPaul
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if i am the longest relationship
of my life
isn't it time to
nurture intimacy
and love
with the person
i lie in bed with each night
—rupi kaur
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I’m a mog—half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend.
—Spaceballs
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I celebrate myself,
and sing myself.
—Walt Whitman
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For here you are,
standing there,
loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth
or childhood
I must have done something good
—The Sound of Music
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
—Marianne Williamson
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Love yourself first. That’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with.
—Luigina Sgarro
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
—Oscar Wilde
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It's not your job to love me.
It's mine.
—Byron Katie
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Trust in your goodness.
—Chögyam Trungpa
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Practice: Inner Advisor in a Peaceful Place
Inner Advisor's unconditionally compassionate, supportive counsel
Unconditionally self-compassionate I statements
Won’t you celebrate me practice
Self-compassion guided practices & exercises
There is nothing wrong with you