122: 7 Benefits of Having Self-Compassion
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2016
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Having self-compassion can have a powerfully positive effect on our overall quality of life. When we consider how we treat ourselves and recognize that the self-criticism we thought was beneficial is actually detrimental, the change is most certainly welcome. Discover 7 benefits as well as ideas for being self-compassionate in today's episode.
This week's Petit Plaisir is a favorite dessert of Shannon's: Tarte au Citron. Simple, sweet, and delicious.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Oh, welcome to the simple sophisticated the 120 second episode. We are going to |
| 0:50.0 | talk today's |
| 0:54.0 | about being kind to ourselves. Self-compassion that is. |
| 0:56.0 | Before I get to today's topic and what it means to be |
| 0:59.0 | self-compassionate and how we can do that, |
| 1:01.0 | I'd like to give you a hint as to what today's Patee-Plazier is. |
| 1:05.0 | It is one of my favorite recipes and I'm excited to share it with you as it will bring |
| 1:09.8 | absolutely delicious flavor to your taste buds, which they always want, right? |
| 1:15.0 | And really it truly is a simple recipe that looks quite fancy. So stay tuned at the end of |
| 1:21.5 | today's episode and I'll talk about that recipe which I think you will enjoy as well |
| 1:26.6 | But back to the topic that we're going to discuss today self-compassion |
| 1:32.0 | After reading Dr Kristen Neff's book, |
| 1:35.0 | Self-Compassion, |
| 1:36.0 | The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, |
| 1:39.0 | I started to realize that indeed |
| 1:41.0 | self-compassion can have an amazing influence and improvement on the quality of our lives. |
| 1:46.5 | If you're like me and I have a feeling a lot of you are, you're driven, you are self-motivated and you are continually trying to improve |
| 1:56.4 | which means that you have to be self-critical. You have to be examining yourself and |
| 2:01.7 | you want to know how can I improve, which sometimes |
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