Compass Behavioral Health

Trading in your authenticity often results in the symptoms you may be experiencing. Part of the human condition is wanting to be a part of a group. Sometimes that value supersedes authenticity due to feeling like a tulip in a rose garden... the lesson is to be YOUrself and find your tulip garden #DBT #vulnerability #authenticity #brenebrown #compassbehavioralhealth

Radical acceptance is a gift we give ourselves. Often we believe in the myths of acceptance it means that we are giving up, giving in, condoning, approving, and allowing. We don’t radically accept painful things in our lives for others, it’s for ourselves. Self-worth is typically outsourced. Once you accept yourself, wholly and completely, you no longer need the acceptance of others. The most importance relationship you have accepts you... you accept yourself #radicalacceptance #DBT #compassbehavioralhealth

There are many evidence-based therapies and applications that highlight it’s far more likely to be kind and compassionate towards our friends and family (even strangers!) than we are to ourselves. CBT would label this a Socratic question; what would you say to a friend or someone you cared about and mindfulness self-compassion would refer to this as a mindfulness practice of how you respond to loved ones and then applying that same response to yourself. If you struggle with self-compassion, start here. What do you say to a loved one when they experience emotional suffering? Comment below #DBT #selfcompassion #selflove #selfvalidation #mindfulness #compassbehavioralhealth