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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
May 1, 2023
The focus for today is:
I give myself the gift of kindness and compassion.
Many of us fear that accepting ourselves unconditionally translates into giving up and giving in to our own mediocrity, allowing ourselves to eat anything we want, anytime, and to stay on the couch watching our favorite movies all day. We fear that if we’re too kind and accepting of ourselves, we’ll just buy bigger clothes while the needle on the scale moves higher. We believe that our self-criticism and self-rejection are keeping us motivated.
Actually, the opposite is true. Self-rejection and self-criticism trigger both hopelessness and powerlessness. These states are not motivating: instead they lead to depression, isolation, resignation, apathy, and emotional eating.
Self-acceptance does not represent resignation, because it is not a matter of giving up. Rather, it is an act of giving. You give yourself the gift of kindness and compassion, which is at the core of any loving relationship. You give yourself the acknowledgment and acceptance that you did not receive enough of as a child.
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Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Practicing Self-Validation Is An Act Of Compassion
Written by Julie M. Simon
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of giving yourself the gift of kindness and compassion (today and every day)
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RECOMMENDED BOOK: When Food Is Comfort
When Food Is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain, and End Emotional Eating
by Julie M. Simon
If you regularly eat when you’re not truly hungry, choose unhealthy comfort foods, or eat beyond fullness, something is out of balance. When Food Is Comfort presents a breakthrough mindfulness practice called Inner Nurturing, a comprehensive, step-by-step program developed by an author who was herself an emotional eater. You’ll learn how to nurture yourself with the loving-kindness you crave and handle stressors more easily so that you can stop turning to food for comfort. Improved health and self-esteem, more energy, and weight loss will naturally follow.
Click here for more info and/or to order this book. Also available as an Audiobook and a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Julie M. Simon, MA, MBA, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach with more than twenty-seven years of experience helping overeaters stop dieting, heal their relationships with themselves and their bodies, lose excess weight, and keep it off. She is the author of The Emotional Eater’s Repair Manual and the founder of the popular Twelve-Week Emotional Eating Recovery Program.
For more information and inspiration, visit Julie's website at www.overeatingrecovery.com.
