Q a culture that's full of kindness and love and compassion while still getting shit done, you're gonna love this. Kindness is something that I think a lot of people struggle with, and I think that the thing they struggle the most with is not being kind to others, but not being kind to themselves. So if someone were struggling to be kind to themselves, what would you say to them?
A That's a really good question. Um, I think most of us know Or at least have heard that the way we talk to ourselves, uh, is something we would never ever speak to anybody else that way most of the time, except I might have to put a caveat in there, except on social media now in the world in which we live, but it used to be that you would never speak to anyone else the way that, you know, your own self-talk is so unkind. Um, you know, as with so many things, kindness, especially to yourself, but As well as to other people, requires both intention and attention. Um, it's a, it's a practice. Uh, I, I think that living well, living a meaningful life, Is the same thing. It requires both intention and attention. And if you're spending a lot of time, which I think a lot of people are sadly being unkind to yourself with your self-talk with, with just being in your head about all sorts of things, then you, it makes it really challenging to live a meaningful life because by definition, you're kind of wrapped up in yourself. Um, and I think that most people who are very unkind to themselves would not think of themselves as, um, Being, uh, what's the word? Not selfish, but, but just really self-focused. But in fact, you are very self-focused if you're being hateful to yourself. Um, so I've, I've, I've had many people that I've coached or mentored that I've worked with who, um, struggle wit…
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