Lent 2022 - Week 5 Monday

Week 5 - Monday
Embracing Self-Compassion
There’s a lot of overlap in the things we looked at over the last four weeks - shame, self-doubt, self-criticism and internalized homophobia. Self-compassion can help with all of them.

Self-Compassion is: Being kind & understanding when faced with personal failings.

According to Brene Brown, self-compassion requires letting go of perfectionism.
Letting go of body perfection.
Letting go of always trying to do everything perfectly.
Accepting that being human is a wonderfully, imperfect experience.
A friend of mine recently said, “Perfection only exists in the dictionary!” So true!

Compassion Practice: Look in the mirror and remind yourself…
I’m a wonderfully imperfect human, just like everyone else.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
Is perfection something you struggle with?
Perfectionism is definitely something I’ve been working to release.