"This is because the relationship we have with ourselves is the one from which all other relationships are based. If you improve the relationship you have with yourself, your relationships with those around you typically improve. If you neglect the relationship with yourself, or treat it as inconsequential, your lack of self-acceptance will often lead you to project your own pain and confusion onto others."
"Self-acceptance involves recognizing and accepting all parts of yourself, including your inner experiences - thoughts, feelings, and sensations - without trying to change, control or judge them. While the question of change is slightly more nuanced (for instance, it is possible to work on yourself from a place of self-acceptance), the practice of self-acceptance itself is often more difficult than it sounds."
Self-acceptance involves recognizing and accepting all parts of yourself, including inner experiences—thoughts, feelings, and sensations—without trying to change, control, or judge them. Many people claim self-acceptance while avoiding asking for needs, honoring boundaries, or sitting with difficult emotions and conflict. The relationship with oneself forms the foundation for all other relationships; improving self-relationship generally improves relationships with others, while neglecting it leads to projecting pain onto others. A learned belief of unworthiness undermines genuine self-acceptance and fuels an economy that profits from feelings of inadequacy. Practicing self-acceptance increases capacity for compassion and allows working on change from a grounded place of worth.
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