![]() ![]() I, myself, live under siege from the inner critic, the judge, and the ‘pusher.’ I‘m studying these selves of my personality and giving them new jobs …. Turn the kindness spotlight inward.” She continues: “Find ways to expand radical self-acceptance in your life. “Women are very good at shining kindness outward. ![]() SARK in her chapter on Radical Self-Acceptance has this to say: “Drench your self in self-kindness.” Especially now at this time of year. ![]() But sometimes we are so inundated by the negativity of a spouse who was mired in his own lack of self-acceptance that it rubbed off on us. We have been told by our wasband’s words or actions that we aren’t good enough even though we know deep in our hearts that we are… Still, some little part of us whispers in our ear, “maybe if I had been thinner or sexier or smarter or a better listener or (fill in the blank.)” We intellectually know that we were more than good enough. We beat ourselves up for our perceived shortcomings and failures. After a divorce, especially a divorce in the middle years of life, we are usually anything but self-accepting. ![]() Women need to practice Radical Self-Acceptance. In a part of her book, Succulent Wild Women, SARK has a section entitled “Radical Self-Accpetance.” We as R.A.D.I.C.A.L. “Without our flaws, faults, and foibles, we would be less lovable – much less lovable.” SARK, Author of Succulent Wild Women ![]()
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