Motherhood Fernanda Barcelo Motherhood Fernanda Barcelo

Motherhood & Anxiety

“I was in a perpetual battle with my own mind, one that I was desperately losing. I turned angry, impatient, and ridiculously stringent. My partner bore the worst of it because all my unchecked anger released itself once the baby was asleep, onto him. I was always irritable because my head was a nightmare to live in. I was cracking the whip endlessly on myself and my husband, and both of us were feeling the damage. I had no outlet, and I wasn’t telling anyone how much I was actually suffering.”

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Spirituality, Psychology, Self Compassion Fernanda Barcelo Spirituality, Psychology, Self Compassion Fernanda Barcelo

A Self-Compassion Practice

Your Compassionate Self is the part of you that encourages taking good care of your body, mind, and soul, through practices you know you need and plenty of rest. Your Compassionate Self loves you unconditionally; she never criticizes, but instead tells you to stop being so hard on yourself. To be grateful for all you have. And that you deserve that extra hour of sleep or that session with your therapist that you’ve been putting off (regardless of who it inconveniences). 

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