You start in part one of the book talking about this sort of self-compassion experiment.

So tell me about what this self-compassion experiment is and what it taught you and how

it helped you with those limiting beliefs.

It really means a lot that you got that from the book, so I'm super grateful.

But self-compassion, I didn't really know where this book would take me.

I knew the subjects I wanted to cover.

I didn't know what the themes would be at the start.

That kind of appeared later down the line as the book kind of formed.

But the first section did very much end up sort of seeped in the theme of self-compassion.

And I guess the starting point was talking to Wendy, who is a shaman, I know, Wendy

Mandy.

And she's lived with many indigenous tribes and shamanic people, the world over.

I won't say how old she is, but she's done this for decades and decades.

And every message seemed to go back to self-compassion.

And I've always known it's important, but I've certainly not practised it because you

do have to practise it, and I've certainly not nailed it.

I've allowed myself to get back into these loops of, like, this is a servant voice that

says I'm a piece of shit, etc.

So I was like, if Wendy's saying this again and again and again, and then so is the next

person I interview, and the next person I interview, then I've got to focus on this.

And it is a matter of focus.

You can focus on all the things you don't like about yourself, or you can choose to,

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