Coaching practices for What Would You Say to a Friend
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’d know exactly what to say to a friend going through this, gently and without hesitation
- 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
- I’m facing a real decision and some part of me already knows what the honest answer is
- I’d never speak to anyone else the way I speak to myself
- 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
- Self-kindness: offer yourself what a good friend would
Say the words a caring friend would say — to yourself, now.
The Self-Compassion Break - 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 - Advise yourself as you would a friend
Ask what you would tell a friend in exactly your situation — then take your own advice.
Self-Distancing: Thinking Clearly About Your Own Problems - 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 - 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 - Don’t make it about you
Resist the reflex to relate by topping their story with your own.
Holding Space - Compassionate Letter Writing
Write a letter to yourself from the perspective of a wise, compassionate friend — about something you’ve been judging yourself for.
Compassion-Focused Therapy: Calming the Inner Critic - Micro-celebration ritual for others' wins
Create a brief, sincere celebration response whenever someone shares good news.
Mudita: How to Cultivate Sympathetic Joy - Schedule deliberate investment in your important friendships
Identify your most important friendships and make a concrete plan to reach out this week — not when conditions are easier.
The Regret of the Dying - 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
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- How Do I Tell My Friend That His Behaviour Is Odd
Describe your problem as if a close friend brought it to you — then write the advice you would give them.
- When Self Compassion Break Self Kindness Phrase
Say the words a caring friend would say — to yourself, now.
Self-kindness: offer yourself what a good friend would
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Describe your problem as if a close friend brought it to you — then write the advice you would give them.
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