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When I chatted with Dr. Santos she shared, "The self criticism that my students at Yale experience is just terrible, and when they hear that a better path to pursuing their goals and to motivating themselves might be through a little bit more self compassion, to talking to themselves as though they were talking to a friend, rather than some sort of terrible drill instructor, I think that that's pretty shocking to them." She continues, "when they try it out, they start to realize…being kind to myself is actually pretty helpful and makes me procrastinate less and obviously makes me a lot happier." It turns out self-compassion and positive self-talk are motivating! Try This: Write a letter to yourself from a compassionate friend's viewpoint, using "you" and "your" to gain psychological distance and promote kindness. 🎧 Listen to Laurie's Evolving with Gratitude Episode
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