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Self-Compassion Guides and Practices
Self-compassion is often described as being kind to yourself, which undersells it. It is closer to removing a condition under which kindness is impossible. These guides cover the moments when the inner critic is loudest and the specific things that help.
10 guides
- How to Ask Questions at Work Without Apologising
Questions get read as challenges when they arrive with a preamble. A way to ask plainly and still sound like a colleague, not a problem.
The Sanctuary 7 min
- How to Ask for Help When You Are Used to Coping Alone
Why asking for help is so much harder than it should be, and a way to make the request smaller than the thing you actually need.
The Sanctuary 7 min
- How to Receive Critical Feedback Without Spiralling
Why hard feedback lands as a verdict rather than as information, and a way to separate the message from what it says about you.
Shadow & Light 7 min
- The Imposter Feeling: What It Is and What Helps
A grounded look at the persistent sense of not being qualified, why reassurance never works, and what to do with the evidence instead.
Shadow & Light 7 min
- 10 Inner Child Prompts for Hard Days
Ten short, soft journaling prompts for the days when nothing is working, written to take under ten minutes and ask nothing difficult of you.
Shadow & Light 6 min
- Meeting the Different Versions of You: An Inner Child Practice
Most people hold several internal versions of themselves at once. A guided exercise for writing to the ones you outgrew, abandoned, or never met.
Shadow & Light 7 min
- What Feeling Safe in Your Body Can Mean
A gentle, non-clinical way to understand safety cues, bodily comfort, and small choices that may help a difficult moment feel more manageable.
The Sanctuary 6 min
- Inner Child Journaling: A Gentle Practice for Self-Connection
A non-clinical inner child journaling practice with prompts, a clear stopping point, and options for emotionally difficult days.
Shadow & Light 7 min
- How to Practice Self-Compassion When You Feel Small
A short, non-clinical self-compassion practice for moments of embarrassment, people-pleasing, or feeling younger than your present circumstances.
Shadow & Light 6 min
- Inner Child Dialogue: A Letter-Writing Practice
A gentle letter-writing practice for self-connection, with clear limits for moments when reflection feels too intense.
Shadow & Light 7 min
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