Self-Compassion Practice Guide

Help me develop self-compassion — I'm my own worst critic.

How my inner critic shows up: [DESCRIBE YOUR SELF-TALK]
When it's loudest: [SITUATIONS]

What I say to myself that I'd never say to a friend: [EXAMPLES]

Provide:
1. **Inner Critic Audit**: Help me identify the specific messages my inner critic repeats
2. **Origin Story**: Understanding where this voice came from (without blame)
3. **The Friend Test**: Rewrite my self-talk as if I were speaking to a close friend
4. **Self-Compassion Break**: A 3-step practice for when I'm being harsh on myself
5. **Common Humanity**: Reminders that struggling is part of being human, not a personal failing
6. **Compassionate Letter**: Guide me to write a letter to myself from a compassionate perspective
7. **Trigger Map**: Identify the situations that activate my inner critic most
8. **Daily Practice**: A 5-minute daily self-compassion exercise
9. **Responding to Failure**: A new framework for when I make mistakes
10. **Progress Signs**: How to notice self-compassion growing (it's subtle)

Help me develop self-compassion — I'm my own worst critic.

How my inner critic shows up: [DESCRIBE YOUR SELF-TALK]
When it's loudest: [SITUATIONS]
What I say to myself that I'd never say to a friend: [EXAMPLES]

Provide:
1. **Inner Critic Audit**: Help me identify the specific messages my inner critic repeats
2. **Origin Story**: Understanding where this voice came from (without blame)
3. **The Friend Test**: Rewrite my self-talk as if I were speaking to a close friend
4. **Self-Compassion Break**: A 3-step practice for when I'm being harsh on myself
5. **Common Humanity**: Reminders that struggling is part of being human, not a personal failing
6. **Compassionate Letter**: Guide me to write a letter to myself from a compassionate perspective
7. **Trigger Map**: Identify the situations that activate my inner critic most
8. **Daily Practice**: A 5-minute daily self-compassion exercise
9. **Responding to Failure**: A new framework for when I make mistakes
10. **Progress Signs**: How to notice self-compassion growing (it's subtle)