10 Ways to be Kinder to Yourself 1. Stop focusing on what you can’t do and start focusing on what you can do. Changing the direction of your attention in this way will certainly uplift your spirits. 2. Buy yourself a beautiful bunch of flowers, some delicious fruit, your favourite magazine … just because you deserve a treat. 3. Don’t worry about what people think – unsurprisingly everyone else is pretty much taken up with themselves and is unlikely to be judging you. 4. Count your blessings. Michael McCullough, a psychology professor at the University of Miami says that, ‘Grateful people are happier, more optimistic, more satisfied with their lives …’ 5. Smile and spread those good vibrations. Yes, you can do this, and when you do you will attract new, positive, life affirming energy. 6. Do something you love: take a walk in the park, curl up with a new novel, meet up with a friend, go for a swim … 7. Talk nicely to yourself. Let your self-talk be encouraging and helpful. Abandon self-criticism for a day and see what a difference this makes to your mood. 8. Stop striving to be permanently confident. This is probably the most effective tip of all. You will never stay unaffected by life’s ups and downs but know that you can always bounce back. 9. Give yourself time to make decisions, you don’t have to react immediately to the suggestions of others. 10. Be yourself. This means letting yourself be who you are and not who you think you ‘should’ be. Extracted from The Self-Esteem Coach by Lynda Field
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:17:11 +0000
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