Radical Self-Acceptance Painting by Jennifer Mazzucco #mindfulness #self-judgment #RadicalSelfAcceptance #negativethinkingpatterns #thoughts Radical acceptance means noticing how life is imminently unfolding without resistance, even if we don't like or condone the way things are at any given moment. Applying this principle can take a lot of work. How can we start to accept our situation—and ourselves—while anxiety, uncertainty, and fear? Why self-acceptance is not the same thing as complacency. Now more than ever is the time for all of us to practice radical self-acceptance to train ourselves to find inner stability despite shaky, unpredictable outer circumstances. Ultimately, we are responsible for claiming our hidden wounds, which catapult us into evolving individually and collectively. Radical self-acceptance is the opposite of avoiding responsibility or giving up in self-defeat. It's about pushing against old ways of being, knowing they are what opens the door to heal