You may have missed this in the hubbub of the holiday last week, but I thought it was worth a re-post. See for yourself!
The fifth in a series on Being Kind, Always on MyTakeByTamara.com
During my latest session, my therapist talked about being kind to myself. What we were discussing wasn’t anything new but hearing it referred to as being kind to myself was. Thinking about it afterward I experienced an epiphany, realizing that if I weren’t more consistently kind to myself I’d have trouble being consistently kind to others.
It only makes sense, right? A way of practicing what you preach…
Okay, you might say, but you are kind to yourself, Tamara – look at all the stuff you’ve done and bought for yourself in the last few months! Berlin? The Porsche rentals? Maine? Hello!
Yes, that’s true. I’ve bought lots of things and experiences for myself recently but I don’t know if that truly constitutes being kind. In any case, that’s not what my therapist was referring to and…
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My Take, By Tamara 
You are very strong and intelligent person…I have confidence that you will figure out how to be kind to yourself….I have been in some dark places in my life before …and it is much easier to get down on yourself than work at things…but worth it in the end to be happier 🙂
Thanks Andrea – much of this year I haven’t felt very strong at all but I’m definitely much closer now to being myself and I’m absolutely going to stop being unkind to myself. Like you said, it’s definitely hard but worth it because I want very much to be happier than I’ve been.