Self-Compassion and Resilience

At the centerline your heart holds compassion: you can feel for others and for yourself without getting swept away.

Most vets would carry a brother off the field and then refuse to carry themselves. Self-compassion isn't soft. It's the same loyalty you gave everyone else, pointed back at you.

Psychologist Kristin Neff describes self-compassion as three parts: treating yourself with kindness instead of harsh judgment, seeing your struggles as part of being human rather than proof you're uniquely broken, and holding painful feelings in awareness without being swept away by them.

Sources: Neff, K