EP. 254- Self pity vs Self Compassion (How Compassion can elevate your experience, AND accelerate your results)

<p>You’ve heard sooo many of my clients share their stories on the podcast, you’ve read about their transformations and how they rave about their experience.</p> <p>You’ve <em data-stringify-type= "italic">literally</em> heard it in their voices as they share...<br /> THEY FEEL EMPOWERED, LIBERATED FROM THE STRUGGLE, <strong data-stringify-type= "bold"><em data-stringify-type= "italic">AND</em></strong> LOVING THEIR RESULTS.</p> <p>If you pay close attention, you’ll see that a consistent common denominator is this:<br /> THEY’VE LEARNED THE SKILL OF SELF-COMPASSION.</p> <p>→ They’ve learned how to be kind to themselves, and actually supportive OF themselves >>>  which is the TOTAL OPPOSITE of what most of us learn as women: to be constantly critical and ‘never good enough’.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">I’ve talked about emotional eating MANY times on the podcast, but today we’re zero-ing in on a really important one, that deserves its very own episode: SELF PITY.</strong></p> <p>I can’t even tell you HOW MANY TIMES I emotionally over-ate and sabotaged my goals DUE TO FEELING SELF PITY.</p> <p>Self pity about my weight, self pity about my body, self pity about relationship stuff, work stuff (the list goes on!)… or even just self pity about my life in general. And whenever I felt this way, I didn’t know any other thing to do, but to eat about it as a temporary means for distraction.</p> <p>THIS is the case for most women. It completely explains WHY it’s possible for someone to know exactly ‘what to do’ to lose the weight, but then emotionally eat to the point of even regaining all the weight they’ve lost. Because when it comes to emotions like this one, we just haven’t known any other way... UNTIL NOW ;)</p> <p>I can remember SO CLEARLY moments of my life where I TRULY felt and believe that:<br />  -Food was the only ‘good thing’ in my life.<br /> - Food (specifically, popcorn at the end of the day…) was the ONLY thing to ‘look forward to’.This is something that comes up A LOT as I’m coaching my client