Message about self-compassion

• Holiday time, treats everywhere (work, neighbors, parties, actual holiday)
• How do you handle it? Tell me if any of this describes you
  • With planned events, do you increase your exercise or decrease your eating to allow for the indulgence
  • In the moment, do you eat impulsively or just decide you deserve it or you don't want to miss out on something special/delicious?
  • Do you beat yourself up afterwards for indulging? Does that mean voice in your head say all sorts of things that make you feel guilt and shame?
  • Do you then feel like you need to compensate with exercise or restricting your eating
• If this is a typical thought/behavior pattern for you, working with me or someone like me can help you stop this cycle
• Barring that, try something that disrupts those mean thoughts
  • Talk to yourself the way you might talk to a friend (or anyone else!)
  • Treat yourself with compassion
  • Recognize this is a stressful time of year
    • you may not be getting enough sleep, you're not exercising as much as yo'd like, your eating is off, in general
    • If you tend to stress eat - you'll probably be doing that
      • don't beat yourself up over this - that's not helpful!
  • Remind yourself that you deserve to eat, to enjoy food, to celebrate