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Life is a journey filled with highs and lows, joys and sorrows, mistakes, and accomplishments. Along this path, we often find ourselves dwelling on past decisions, cringing at our younger selves’. However, learning to forgive our younger selves is a crucial step towards practicing self-compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self-compassion is the practice of treating ourselves with the same kindness and understanding that we would offer to a dear friend. Instead of being overly critical or judgmental, self-compassion encourages us to be gentle and understanding towards ourselves. Acknowledging that we are not alone in our suffering and that all humans make mistakes and face challenges is an essential aspect of this. Increasing self-compassion allows us to build resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forgiving Our Younger Selves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Begin by recognizing how much you have grown and changed since your past mistakes. Understand that you made choices based on your level of awareness and understanding at that time. Celebrate your progress and the wisdom you have gained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every mistake provides an opportunity for learning and personal growth. Consider what you have learned from your past experiences and how they have contributed to the person you are today. Your past mistakes have shaped your character and your ability to navigate life’s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holding onto self-blame and guilt only hinders your personal development. Let go of these negative emotions, knowing that they no longer serve you. Making mistakes is an inherent part of being human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benefits of Forgiving Your Younger Self<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reduced Anxiety and Depression.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Improved Self-Esteem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Greater Resilience<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Deeper Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column] Life is a journey filled with highs and lows, joys and sorrows, mistakes, and accomplishments. Along this path, we often find ourselves dwelling on past decisions, cringing at our younger selves’. However, learning to forgive our younger selves is a crucial step towards practicing self-compassion. Self-compassion is the practice of treating ourselves with the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You Talkin\u2019 To Me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Self-talk is the internal dialogue that runs through your head every day and can be positive or negative in nature. The language we use with ourselves can have profound effects on mood, health, happiness, motivation, worldview, and achievement of goals. Performance and success are enormously impacted by the way in which we talk to ourselves. Doesn\u2019t it stand to reason that we need to bring this knowledge to the micro-level of our everyday lives in order to improve self-care and well being?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a 2022 study published in Psychophysiology, a peer reviewed journal, it was found that manipulating self-talk alters hormonal response patterns and affects respiratory and cardiovascular health as well as influence motivation and outcome of tasks undertaken. Furthermore, by developing an awareness of how we address the self, we flip a switch in the cerebral cortex which is the centre of thought, and another in the amygdala which is the seat of fear. This will move us closer to or further from our sense of self and all its emotional intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Positive self-talk tips: Identify automatic thoughts and unhelpful beliefs\/behaviours\u200b and reality check these thoughts, to speak to yourself as you would speak to a friend and remember that everyone makes mistakes.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaoleary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}