You're listening to the Vibrins Happy Women Podcast, episode number 207.

We're talking all about self-compassion.

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Hi, I'm Jen Ridey, and this podcast is for women who want to feel more vibrant, happy, aligned, and alive.

You'll gain the emotional, physical, and spiritual tools you need to get your sparkle back

and ensure that depression,

anxiety, and struggle don't rule your life. Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcasts.

My friends, I am so happy you're back because we're talking about self-compassion.

We've talked about self-love and boundaries and intuition and authenticity

over the last few weeks. Today we'll talk about self-compassion. Now, many of us feel like

we need more love from other people. We need other people to nurture us and admire us and

appreciate us and adore us. And those needs are baked in

from childhood. They help us to survive because we are looking for that love and approval from our

tribe, from our parents. And that's important and necessary for our survival. However,

as we become adults, we can learn how to give

those things to ourselves. And that becomes a powerful place because when we know how to show

ourselves self-love and self-compassion, we don't have to seek it from others. When we're seeking it

from others, we're always needy for love and approval. We need them to appreciate us.

We need them to validate us. We need them to do things for us because we haven't learned to give it to

ourselves. Well, self-compassion is an excellent first step. Dr. Kristen Neff, the self-compassion

expert, the biggest most well-known self-compassion researcher

from Texas, teaches that self-compassion is loving, connected presence. Oh, I love those words,

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