You don't have to bully yourself anymore. It's not your fault life is so hard. Being kind to yourself, as though to a friend, will serve you better by far.
I recently (finally!) read the book Self-compassion by Kristin Neff, and its teachings are working in me very helpfully. I’m sure I’ll be writing more about it here. In the meantime, I highly recommend the book, if you haven’t read it!
In the notebook
Love the poem and that silhouette of the horse! 🐴 Of course our inner bullies never really go away (right, Jeremy?) but we don't have to give them control!
What did you think about the part of *Self Compassion* where they went to Mongolia? That's honestly where the book lost me. But before that, especially the first few chapters, I thought it was informative and insightful.