How to speak honestly to yourself

A simple guide to day-to-day moral clarity

You would have heard about being kind to oneself. We wrote about it earlier to explain the difference between shame and regret.

Then there are useful aspects of leveraging humor in our daily lives. Again, it is a constructive way to move from heaviness and burdensome daily interactions to something sprinkled with joy.

However, sometimes it helps to know where we are in life: The unvarnished version, the one that makes you squirm. Today’s newsletter is about that

How to Speak Honestly to Yourself

Most self-help advice tries to take you away from the moment into something more manageable. Its goal is to take you to a space and place where you can visualize a brighter future. One risk is that people don’t spend enough time understanding what they are dealing with.