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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

Source: Unsplash #self-criticism  #self-judgment  People who are too hard on themselves typically see their self-criticism as justified.  Perfectionists are especially vulnerable to this.  To give yourself a reality check, read through these seven types of excessively negative self-judgment and note which you can relate to. 1.  You psychologically beat yourself up over mistakes that have minimal consequences. The vast majority of the time when we make mistakes they're small ones that have no or minimal consequences.  For example, you're usually vigilant about checking sell-by dates but one time you don't, and you end up buying a huge tub of yogurt that's expiring the day you buy it.  Or, you usually choose fruit carefully but you manage to pick three rotten avocados in a row.   Tip: Try giving yourself a threshold for mistakes to cut yourself some slack on.  For example, mistakes that waste under $5 or under 10 minutes.  (This is a strategy of creating rule