Coaching practices for Accepting Yourself
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- There are parts of me
- I hold myself to a standard of basically never making mistakes, so every ordinary slip-up feels like a defect in me
- I just know I feel "bad" or "anxious" in this big blurry way, and underneath it I’m beating myself up for even feeling it
- I’ve decided I just am this
- Part of why I won’t let this go is that accepting it feels like saying it was okay, like I’d be letting them off the hook
Practices that may help
- The practice of self-acceptance
Be for yourself — refuse to be your own adversary, even about the parts you want to change.
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Made Practical - Practice deliberate acceptance of human fallibility
Regularly remind yourself that being imperfect is not a character flaw — it is the nature of being human.
Unconditional Self-Acceptance - Craft an honest setup statement
"Even though I have this [specific problem], I deeply and completely accept myself."
EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows - Self-as-context (the observing self)
Notice the steady "you" that observes thoughts and feelings without being defined by them.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Made Practical - Distinguish acceptance from approval
Accept that something happened without approving of it, pretending it’s fine, or treating it as deserved.
Amor Fati: Loving What Happens - Claim worthiness now
Believe you are worthy of love and belonging as you are — not after you fix yourself.
The Gifts of Imperfection, Made Practical - Unconditional Self-Acceptance
Unconditional self-acceptance (USA), a cornerstone of Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, means accepting yourself as a fallible human being regardless of performance or approval — not because you are special, but because rating the whole self on any single act is logically incoherent. The evidence is strongest for the clinical outcomes of REBT; the specific USA construct has solid theoretical and observational support. - Cultivate authenticity
Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and show up as who you actually are.
The Gifts of Imperfection, Made Practical - Shame-attacking exercises
Do something mildly embarrassing on purpose to prove you can survive and function through discomfort.
Unconditional Self-Acceptance - Willing hands and half-smile (acceptance through the body)
Use open posture and a faint half-smile to signal acceptance to the body, when the mind can’t get there yet.
Radical Acceptance, Made Practical
Related concerns
- How Do I Accept Myself For Who I Am
Be for yourself — refuse to be your own adversary, even about the parts you want to change.
The practice of self-acceptance
- How Do You Accept Yourself
Be for yourself — refuse to be your own adversary, even about the parts you want to change.
- Self Acceptance
Be for yourself — refuse to be your own adversary, even about the parts you want to change.
- Albert Ellis Self Acceptance
Unconditional self-acceptance (USA), a cornerstone of Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, means accepting yourself as a fallible human being regardless of performance or approval — not because you are special, but because rating the whole self on any single act is logically incoherent. The evidence is strongest for the clinical outcomes of REBT; the specific USA construct has solid theoretical and observational support.
- Eft Acceptance Statement
Accept that something happened without approving of it, pretending it’s fine, or treating it as deserved.
Distinguish acceptance from approval
- How Do I Accept Myself As Who I Am And How I Look
Regularly remind yourself that being imperfect is not a character flaw — it is the nature of being human.
Practice deliberate acceptance of human fallibility
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