Today I talk about fierce self-compassion and specifically, how it has helped to shape the course of my own journey. Even when I didn’t quite realize it at the time, both tender and fierce self-compassion were working together like a beautiful yin yang symbol supporting my path to change, growth and healing.
For all the doubters out there, fierce self-compassion shows us that compassion is not weak or ineffective and it certainly doesn’t “let us off the hook.” With it, we can protect, provide and motivate ourselves to reach further, aim higher, and succeed even beyond our wildest dreams. We don’t flagellate or force ourselves because we are failing or lacking somehow, but because we fundamentally care deeply and we want to be happy, healthy and well.
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(A note about the sound – you can tell this was definitely recorded in the summer in Japan near a mountain with trees! Apologies about the cicada background noise.)