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Please Stop Beating Up Yourself and Give Yourself the Grace You Would Give Someone You Love
To give yourself grace is an act of radical self-love
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Written and Contemplated September 3, 2023, Published September 4, 10:00 a.m. Labor Day
To give yourself grace means to give yourself some compassion and the time and space needed to recover or bounce back from mistakes and failures without self-condemnation and shame.
Well, today, I decided to give myself the very thing I talk about quite often.
Yes, I decided to give myself some grace. Turns out, grace and compassion are a package deal. If you choose to give yourself grace, self-compassion comes with it.
Moreover, I discovered over my morning cup of “Dandy” ( a coffee replacer), that grace and self-compassion are essential to authenticity and intentional living.
Here’s the deal. I want to be great at what I do. I’m sure you want to be great too.
But if you’re anything like me, once you get this idea of what something should be, you start shoulding all over yourself.
