Together WE SHINE — Love Yourself Whole

How have cruelty and oppression been internalized resulting in self-harm?

Some of us are extraordinarily compassionate toward those outside of ourselves, yet this element of cruelty remains if it has not yet been attenuated. Where might it be directed, instead? Often we express this cruelty inward, toward the weak and wounded aspects of ourselves. Why would we continue to enact violence toward the parts of ourselves that are already wounded and suffering? What might happen if we choose to offer compassion to our most miserable selves instead? What might that compassion look and feel like?

Where are you withholding compassion from yourself?

What aspects of yourself are buried in guilt, shame and regret? How might your relationship with yourself transform if you were to love those aspects back into wholeness? What if you were able to re-integrate them, through compassion and love?

The practice of compassion begins with discovering, acknowledging,…