How can feeling bad lead to feeling good?

tools for cultivating self-compassion

The ability to compassionately attune to our own feelings and needs is the foundation of our ability to be attuned and compassionate with our children, family members and everyone in our lives. Self-compassion sometimes gets confused with selfishness, but it couldn't be further from the truth! Cultivating self-compassion improves our relationships the other people in our lives.   See the "Practices" section on self-compassion.org for more guided meditations to cultivate self-compassion.