“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~Louise L. Hay There it was—glaringly obvious on the page. An embarrassing typo stared back at me from the backside of a brochure I’d received from the printer. A brochure I wrote, laid out, and yes, gave the final sign-off to produce. My stomach tightened as tears welled up in my eyes. “You idiot,” I screamed silently at myself. In an instant, flashes of similar mistakes I’d made over the course of a long career in communications rushed in, piling … Continue reading When Your Kindness Flows Easily to Others but Not to Yourself