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I always thought it was me against the world, and then one day I realized, it’s just me against me.

—Kendrick Lamar

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The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

—Pema Chödrön

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We do not have to be ashamed of what we are.

―Chögyam Trungpa

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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

―Buddha

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There is nothing wrong with you.

―Cheri Huber

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Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.

—Oscar Wilde

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I need to learn to love me.

—Converge

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If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

—RuPaul

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if i am the longest relationship
of my life
isn't it time to
nurture intimacy
and love
with the person
i lie in bed with each night

—rupi kaur

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I’m a mog—half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend.

—Spaceballs

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I celebrate myself, and sing myself

—Walt Whitman

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For here you are,
standing there,
loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth
or childhood
I must have done something good

—The Sound of Music

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

—Marianne Williamson

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Love yourself first. That’s who you’ll spend the rest of your life with.

—Luigina Sgarro

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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

—Oscar Wilde

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Trust in your goodness.

—Chögyam Trungpa

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Practice: Inner Advisor in a Peaceful Place

Inner Advisor's unconditionally compassionate, supportive counsel

Unconditionally self-compassionate I statements

“You belong” practice

Won’t you celebrate me practice

Self-care assessment

Self-care tips

Self-compassion guided practices & exercises

There is nothing wrong with you

Radical compassion

Radical acceptance

The self-compassion workbook

Rest is resistance

Poem: My Balm

On permission

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