Heal Yeah

Why Self-Love and Self-Compassion Take Practice

Episode Summary

What does it actually mean to love yourself, and where do you start when self-love feels uncomfortable or even impossible? In this episode of Heal Yeah, Rosi and Iva share their personal experiences with self-love, self-compassion, and learning to quiet the inner critic. They break down simple practices that helped them along the way, including affirmations, the best-friend exercise, defining your inner truth, and creating a list of 100 things you appreciate about yourself. Self-love doesn’t have to begin with loving everything about who you are. Sometimes it starts with learning to be a little more compassionate toward the person you already are.

Episode Notes

What does it actually mean to love yourself, and where do you start when self-love feels uncomfortable or even impossible? 

In this episode of Heal Yeah, Rosi and Iva share their personal experiences with self-love, self-compassion, and learning to quiet the inner critic. They break down simple practices that helped them along the way, including affirmations, the best-friend exercise, defining your inner truth, and creating a list of 100 things you appreciate about yourself. Self-love doesn’t have to begin with loving everything about who you are. Sometimes it starts with learning to be a little more compassionate toward the person you already are.

What You’ll Learn
• Why self-love can feel uncomfortable when you first begin
• How self-compassion can help quiet your inner critic
• Simple exercises for building self-acceptance and self-respect
• Why understanding your past can change the way you see yourself
• How repetition and consistency can create lasting change

Episode Links

Tara Branch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraBrach

Matt Kahn Online: https://home.mattandjoy.org/