Be Compassionate with Yourself

Send us Fan Mail There can be no self-care without self-compassion, which is compassion turned inward. It is the ability to connect to our feelings, to respond to our suffering with kindness, and to desire that our suffering be ameliorated. —Chanequa Walker-Barnes The Biblical tradition assumes a healthy self center. The command to love one’s neighbor as one’s self has built into the presupposition that we know how to love ourselves. Some of us need to learn how to care for ou...