Coaching practices for I'll Bend Over Backwards for Everyone Else but the Idea of Being That Gentle with Myself Feels Selfish So I Run Myself Into the Ground Giving and the Harsh Voice I'd Never Use on a Friend is the One I Keep Turned on Me

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• I’ll bend over backwards for everyone else, but the idea of being that gentle with myself feels selfish
• I bend over backwards to be fair to everyone else and then quietly leave myself out of the equation entirely
• I’d never speak to anyone else the way I speak to myself
• I’m brutal on myself the second I slip up
• 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

Practices that may help

1. Include acts of kindness toward yourself
   The kindness architecture that builds well-being includes self-directed kindness — not just other-directed.
   Acts of Kindness, Made Practical
2. 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
3. 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
4. Extend the same generosity inward
   The charitable read is for your own behavior too — and refusing it for yourself fuels harshness toward others.
   Generous Interpretation
5. 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
6. Fierce protection: say "no" from care, not fear
   Defend your time, body, and dignity as you would defend a beloved child — because you are equally worth defending.
   Fierce Self-Compassion, Made Practical
7. Self-kindness over self-judgment
   Respond to your own mistakes with warmth and understanding instead of harsh criticism.
   Self-Compassion, Made Practical
8. Ahimsa toward the self: replacing self-attack with self-compassion
   Treat yourself after a failure the way you would treat a good friend in the same situation.
   Ahimsa: Non-Violence as a Daily Practice
9. 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
10. Loving-kindness toward yourself
    Begin by directing the well-wishes inward — “may I be safe, happy, healthy, at ease.”
    Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation

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