Why do you treat yourself worse than you would treat a dear friend?
That’s the central question of today’s conversation and it centers on our ability to muster self-compassion, a practice of treating ourselves well when we need it, rather than thinking of ourselves only in terms of our struggles.
The conversation starts with a walkthrough of concepts from The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer, as well as Neff’s TEDxTalk, “The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion.”. Central to the conversation are the three core elements presented by Neff and Germer:
- Self-Kindness
- Common Humanity
- Mindfulness
We walk through each with examples today, and take a tour of the interconnected elements of anxiety and depression that sidle up next to ADHD on this journey toward self-compassion, and review how that impacts the ADHD brain. From there: Tools to build the muscle of self-compassion before you hit an ADHD storm!
