Recognise the Inner Critic who Wants Nothing to do with Self Compassion“The judging mind can always find something that isn’t quite right, particularly when it’s looking from this nebulous thing called “self.” We tend to get the standards by which we judge ourselves by looking around and comparing ourselves to others. But if you consider how many billions of people there are on this planet, you can see that this is a no-win proposition. There will always be someone thinner, fitter, nicer, more accomplished, more attractive, more popular—whatever.”
Below is a link to a very interesting article on how self-compassion can be an antidote to our self criticism and comparisons to others.