{"id":3930,"date":"2021-10-25T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contattoblogs.timslatter.co.za\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2021-10-25T08:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T06:30:19","slug":"its-time-to-turn-up-the-kindness-to-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zcp.co.za\/main\/its-time-to-turn-up-the-kindness-to-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to turn up the kindness, to yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent blog from Marelisa Fabrega, lawyer and entrepreneur, she spoke of 17 ways to be kinder to yourself! It seems like a lot, but when we think about all the ways and times that we put ourselves down, it\u2019s not that much.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason why this message of needing to be kinder to ourselves has become so pervasive; it\u2019s because poor mental health has greater awareness than ever before. We are growing in our ability to self-observe in a healthy way – not simply taking selfies and saturating our Instafeed, but in a personal and private way. We\u2019ve also accumulated decades of psychological profiling that helps us understand why we fail and why we succeed, and much of it has to do with positive and negative conditioning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Success is not about choosing the right job and earning piles of money. It\u2019s not about developing a product or service that no one else can compete with. It\u2019s about finding our place and our purpose and having the confidence to fulfil it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few of Fabrega\u2019s suggestions to turn up the kindness:<\/span><\/p>\n

Respect Yourself.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Self-respect is valuing yourself for who you are, and not allowing others to dictate your value. It\u2019s trusting yourself, thinking for yourself, forming your own opinions, and making your own decisions. In addition, it\u2019s refusing to compare yourself to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, self-respect is about keeping your promises to yourself and following through on what you tell yourself that you\u2019re going to do. Be kind to yourself by deeply respecting yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forgive Yourself<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We all mess up. Look at the following:<\/span><\/p>\n