I'm Jody Moore at Bold New Mom. This is episode 101, Self Compassion vs. Self-Pity.

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What's up friends? Welcome to episode number 101 of the podcast. I am sitting here in my

office. This is the first time I've had an office since I started this business three

years ago. It's kind of exciting actually for me to look at the evolution. I started

by just working in my living room on my laptop, wherever I could find a spot at the kitchen

table. I would record the podcast. If you could listen to some earlier episodes of the

podcast, you'll hear that many times I was in my car recording the podcast because I didn't

have a place to go where it was quiet. I would just take my giant microphone with me in

my car and try to park in a parking garage where there wasn't too much noise. But you

can usually hear cars going by and all kinds of stuff. I evolved from there to a little

corner desk in my bedroom. Now we move into the house where I have an office. It's super

exciting. I feel very official. That said, my family is hanging out outside the door.

You may hear a little bit of life going on, but that's okay. That's how we roll around

here. Today, friends, we're going to talk about self-compassion versus self-pity. This

is an important distinction. I think it can become confusing to people sometimes when I'm

coaching. Because on the one hand, I always want you to be compassionate with yourself.

I want you to be kind to yourself and I want you to be curious about yourself and non-judge

mental. That can sometimes be mistaken for saying that I agree with you having self-pity,

which I don't. I don't find self-pity to be useful. I think there's kind of a fine line

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