Coaching practices for How to Deal with Racist Sexist Friend

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• I’d never speak to anyone else the way I speak to myself
• If a friend told me they’d failed like this I’d be warm and understanding in a heartbeat, but I turn on myself with a cruelty I’d never aim at anyone I love
• If a friend brought me this exact dilemma I’d know in two seconds what they should do, but stuck inside my own version I just go in circles
• Even when I “correct” my thinking it comes out in this cold, scolding voice
• If a friend told me they’d blown off this exact thing I’d be gentle and kind to them in a heartbeat, yet to myself I’m brutal

Practices that may help

1. Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk
   Speak to yourself the way you would speak to a close friend in the same situation.
   Working With Your Inner Critic
2. Apply self-kindness as actively as you would to a friend
   Treat yourself with the same warmth and understanding you would offer a close friend in the same situation.
   Self-Worth vs. Self-Esteem
3. Give yourself advice as if advising a close friend
   Describe your problem as if a close friend brought it to you — then write the advice you would give them.
   Self-Distancing Journaling
4. Apply self-compassion when restructuring gets harsh
   Use the "friend perspective" to find a tone that challenges distortions without adding shame.
   Cognitive Restructuring: The CBT Method for Changing Unhelpful Thoughts
5. Extend the compassion you would give a friend to yourself
   Ask what you would say to a capable friend who had delayed on the same task — then say that.
   Self-Forgiveness and Procrastination
6. Be Fair: include yourself in the fairness you extend to others
   Apply the same standards of fairness to yourself that you would to someone you respect.
   FAST: DBT’s Skill for Maintaining Self-Respect in Relationships
7. Repair a damaged leader-follower relationship deliberately
   Take active steps to reset a deteriorated relationship, rather than allowing avoidance to compound the damage.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
8. Extend unconditional acceptance to others
   Apply the same anti-rating logic to other people — separating what they did from what they are.
   Unconditional Self-Acceptance
9. Complain about the specific situation, not the person’s character
   Target the behavior or situation, never the person’s character or worth.
   The Soft Startup: How You Begin a Difficult Conversation Determines How It Ends
10. Give and receive feedback with courage
    Sit on the same side of the table: feedback as a shared problem, not an attack.
    Daring Greatly, Made Practical

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