Want a better life? Trade self judgment for self compassion.

"Self-compassion is the radical act of treating ourselves with the same kindness, concern, and support we would offer to a good friend."

- Kristin Neff

When you are struggling  – how do you treat yourself? If you're like many of us – you come down pretty hard on yourself.

We think that being hard on ourselves is how we get things done. Yes. We're all works in progress – with an emphasis on the work.

We think once we are prettier, thinner, smarter, more accomplished – the list goes on – we can finally relax and accept ourselves.

But we never get there. No matter how hard we work, and how many boxes we check off, "good enough" is always on the other side of one more thing we think we need to fix about ourselves.

According to Kristin Neff, in her book Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself the results of this mindset are devastating:

“Millions of people need to take pharmaceuticals every day just to cope with daily life. Insecurity, anxiety, and depression are incredibly common in our society, and much of this is due to self-judgment, to beating ourselves up when we feel we aren’t winning in the game of life.”

Luckily, there's a different way – it's called self compassion. Would you like to know how self compassionate you are? Neff has a free quiz on her web site, as well as several free tools for practicing self compassion. I recommend checking it out.

Want some hands on experience practicing this life-changing skill in the company of horses and like-minded humans? We’ve got two workshops coming up in July to help you do just that — one is for women, and the other is for teen girls.

We’d love to have you join us.