Trade in Your Black Belt

About this episode

This episode explores the importance of self-compassion in personal growth and self-discovery.

On this episode, we dive into one of the KEY elements required for your growth and evolution: self-compassion. I used to have a black-belt in beating myself up. Shame, frustration, you name it. Through my journey I learned that the careful application of self-compassion is one of the elements that can either accelerate (by its presence) or delay (by its absence) our journey of self-discovery (though I prefer self-remembrance)! If you want to read more on relinquishing your own black belt, check out this article I wrote a few years back: Of Bears and Black Belts

Topics covered

• self-compassion
• personal growth
• self-discovery

Keywords

• black belt
• shame
• frustration
• self-remembrance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Of Bears and Black Belts

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