{"id":561,"date":"2023-10-30T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/?p=561"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:49:47","slug":"turn-your-kindness-inward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/2023\/10\/turn-your-kindness-inward\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Your Kindness Inward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>One of my favorite quotes is by the author Henry James, who wrote<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThree things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems to me that people in farming communities really embody this spirit\u2014they are kind, generous, glad to be their brother\u2019s keeper, and will help you in any way they can.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2023\/10\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2023\/10\/heart.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2023\/10\/heart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2023\/10\/heart-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers are often kind and compassionate\u2026until it comes to themselves. Why are the same people who will help you when your truck is broken or you\u2019ve hurt your back during harvest not willing to show a little kindness to themselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-Compassion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-compassion is a really important idea. It is <em>NOT <\/em>the squishy, indulgent version of \u201cself-care\u201d you sometimes read about in magazines. Self-compassion is the idea that we give ourselves the same kindness and care we\u2019d give to a good friend. We don\u2019t tell other people who are breaking their backs working as hard as they can that they need to keep going until they drop\u2026so why do we push ourselves in that way? We don\u2019t call others who made an honest mistake \u201closers\u201d or \u201cfailures\u201d\u2026why do we talk to ourselves like that when something goes wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-compassion is simply to treat ourselves kindly, not be self-judgmental, and remember that we\u2019re all human and make mistakes. Or, as my friend often tells me \u201cJust cut yourself a break, Anna.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Minute Self-Compassion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So what can you do to be kind to yourself?&nbsp; Here are some ideas that will take less than a minute to do, and will help you feel more positive and less stressed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop for one minute and think about:<ul><li>One thing you are grateful for<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>One thing you have done well this year\/month\/week<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>One joke that always makes you laugh<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One person who always makes you smile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look up at the sky, and breathe deeply for one minute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sing your favorite song (or at least the chorus) out loud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stretch your neck, shoulders, arms, and back for one minute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remind yourself that we are all human, all connected, all imperfect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this week you can cut yourself a break; be kind, be kind, be kind (to yourself); and keep thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about self-compassion you can read about the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/self-compassion.org\/\">Dr. Kristin Neff<\/a> who pioneered the concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite quotes is by the author Henry James, who wrote \u201cThree things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.\u201d It seems to me that people in farming communities really embody this spirit\u2014they are kind, generous, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}