Let's Talk About Kindness
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Did you know that Sunday 13th November was World Kindness Day? On this day The World Kindness Movement (which involves 28 nations from around the world!!) work to inspire individuals, schools, charities, institutions and businesses towards greater kindness… you have to love the sounds of that!
But today I don’t want to talk about how we should be treating each other with kindness, as I believe that should go without saying. Today, I wanted to talk about treating yourself with kindness.
You can read one of my previous blogs about self-care here and get some tips from our selfcare calendar here, if you feel like you’re lacking in a little kindness to yourself. More than this though, I would like to draw your attention to the way we view ourselves and I would like you to ask yourself whether you speak to yourself with kindness?
I saw a quote today that read ‘Love yourself enough to know that another woman’s accomplishments are not your failures.’ It made me think about how critical we are (especially women) on ourselves. And even if outwardly we’re doing all the right stuff: eating well, sleeping enough, exercising, practicing yoga, meditating, whatever you do to look after yourself, are you talking to yourself kindly?
How do you talk to yourself when:
You make a mistake
You look in the mirror
You see someone who has reached a goal that you both share
You’re running late
You skip a workout/yoga practise
Have a think about these and notice the internal dialogue you have next time one of the above happens. Imagine how you’d speak to a friend in these situations and then do the same for yourself. Kindness, like so much, starts from within. The more kindness we can show to ourselves, always, the more kindness we can show to others.
Share this with someone who needs it and remember World Kindness Day for next year!