Lynne Sedgmore

Image by Gerd Altmann March 11, 2025 This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com wishing you a day of speaking kindly to yourself (today and every day). We are our own worst critic. We call ourselves names (stupid, lazy, clumsy, etc.). If we had a "friend"  who talked to us the way we talk to ourselves, we would soon stop having them as a friend. So, start being nicer to yourself... talk encouragingly instead of deprecatingly to yourself. Be gentle and kind to yourself. Be your own best friend.

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