Screen Shot 2013-10-04 at 10.16.54 AMAre you currently working on boosting your self-esteem?

Do you do every imaginable self-esteem challenge to feel better, be better, look better, be happier and more successful?

If so, you might be in for some trouble.

You’re probably focusing on improving life’s outside factors such as your job performance, losing weight, sticking to a training schedule, succeeding in your relationship etc. and you completely forget that you can’t really control all these things all the time because, guess what, life happens, emotions change, you change!

So instead of feeling better, you actually feel worse because all you do is criticize yourself and blame yourself for not meeting your high standards. 

You’re basically bullying yourself into trying to have a higher self-esteem.

And we all know that that doesn’t work, right?

However, there’s a better way to find peace of mind, success, love in life AND have more self-esteem at the same time.

What’s this miraculous elixir you ask?

Self-compassion!

Self-compassion is the only way to make lasting changes in your life and feeling great about the person you are.

According to Kristin Neff, Ph.D., author of Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, practicing self-compassion will help you feel less depressed, less anxious, less attacked by your own thoughts and so much more.

Watch today’s edition of Love Yourself Friday to find out how you can apply self-compassion in your life and find true happiness and success.

Remember, the cool thing is that self-esteem and self-compassion  go together. The kinder and more compassionate you are towards yourself, the more self-esteem you’ll have. It’s a win-win situation, really.

If you want to test how self-compassionate you really are, check out this test (http://www.self-compassion.org/test-your-self-compassion-level.html). It’s fun and it’ll give you an idea of how self-compassionate you already are.

If you want to improve your self-compassion practice through guided meditations, this site has some great ones you can us: http://www.self-compassion.org/guided-self-compassion-meditations-mp3.html

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In the comment section below, tell us what you think about self-esteem and self-compassion. Are you kind to yourself or do you beat yourself up all the time? I would love to hear from you.

Much love,

Anne-Sophie

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