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Worksheet Sheet Self-criticism and self-worth

If It Were Your Friend

Turns a hard thought about yourself into the words you would give someone you care about.

Purpose: Turns a hard thought about yourself into the words you would give someone you care about.

When to use: Use this when you are being harder on yourself than you would be on anyone else.

Worksheet prompts

  1. What are you giving yourself a hard time about right now?
  2. Now picture a friend telling you the same thing about themselves. What would you say?
    Say it out loud first if that helps.
  3. What changes between the two?

You would never talk to them the way you talk to you. That gap is worth noticing.