Self-Compassion:

"Don't talk about my friend that way."

A few years ago, I didn’t fully understand self-compassion. It sounded like one of those vague, feel-good concepts that belonged in a Pinterest quote—something you say but don’t actually live. Be kind to yourself. Speak to yourself the way you would a friend. Trust the process. Okay, sure. But what does that actually look like when life is relentlessly …