05/13/2025
When leaving my office there’s one final takeaway after every session, the way you speak to yourself matters. This is a reminder I need often! We sometimes think bullying ourselves into healing, growing, or achieving is the way. It’s not. When we instead start being kind to ourselves, speaking to ourselves in the way we would speak to friends or loved ones, it helps us feel safe with ourselves. It gives us the room to stumble through the healing and growth process, because let’s be real, there’s going to be some stumbling involved. You’re not going to get it perfect the first time, in fact you may have to try for a while before figuring out what you need. But if you can practice speaking to yourself in a healthier way, it makes the whole process much quicker and easier.
