What would happen if we were to be kinder to ourselves?
Skill Stop - Compassionate Letter
Compassionate letter - (Connect, active, new skills, giving to others, pay attention lets write ourselves a letter being kind and compassionate to ourselves, add the words in and cross out the bits in brackets once done.
Now read out the full letter.
Our amgdalya becomes soothed and produces happy hormones that helps engage our frontal cortex- thinking is back online.
Main Point
Being able to be compassionate to ourselves is integral in soothing our system and reducing our emotionally driven responses to engage the thinking brain- we are more likely to make rational decisions when we engage our thinking brain. Compassion also helps us to build stronger and rational connections with others.