Story Time: Becoming a Friend to Myself

In this special story time episode, I am sharing my journey of going from loneliness and self-judgement to self-acceptance and self-love. It was in a very difficult moment of lonliness after the end of my first romantic relationship that I had a realization that lead to the question: How do I become a friend to myself? And the willingness to pursue that question has changed my life. Recorded on my 33rd birthday, I am reflecting back on difficult moments and how the growing friendship with myself truly makes all the difference - also for the relationships in my life (Hint: A friendship with yourself is great prevention for co-dependence). And here is, as promised, a wonderful practice to cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion by Dr. Kristin Neff (https://self-compassion.org/exercises...) - the foundations of a meaningful friendship with yourself.