06/02/2026
Growth Portrait testimony 🌱
"Be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to a life."
Nayyirah Waheed
Being softer with myself is an area in which I've been working to build more muscle. Despite thinking being hard on ourselves will prevent mistakes next time, and that we need to "pay" for the mistakes we've made, the research shows this isn't so. When we are hard on ourselves, we tend to experience shame and self-resentment rather than openness and growth -which is where self-compassion leads.
-Taylar