3 simple self-compassion tips for mums

Join me in Episode 17 of The Inspiring Mums Podcast where I talk about how you can bring self-compassion into your life as a mum.

In this episode, I talked about:

* how I believe that self-compassion is the foundation to your well-being as a mum

* how self-compassion can feel like an abstract concept, it might be something you’ve heard about but you don’t know how to actually bring it into your life

* how the power of self-compassion is at it’s right at our fingertips, which is good news as a mum

* how you can tap into your self-compassion at any time, and use your knowledge of what soothes and calms you to practice self-compassion

* 3 simple ways that you can bring self-compassion into your life as a mum

* how you can get more personalised support from me in bringing self-compassion into your life with my 12 week Bespoke Self-Care Plan

I hope you enjoy this episode and it helps you to understand more about self-compassion, think about how you can bring self-compassion into your daily life and it encourages you to be kinder to yourself.

Quotes from this episode:

* “I believe that self-compassion is the foundation to your well-being as a mum.” - Jenna Folarin

* “Self-compassion is right at our fingertips, which is good news as a mum because we can tap into it whenever we need it.”- Jenna Folarin

* “Kind self-talk is about moving away from the inner critic and instead zooming out a bit and acknowledging that, "wow, that was a really tough situation, you did the best you could"." - Jenna Folarin

* "If you are used to being critical on yourself, then imagine how it would feel to give some kind words to yourself instead - it’s such a different feeling to the shame and judgement we can heap on ourselves.” - Jenna Folarin

* “Ask yourself, what soothing words do I need to hear right now?” - Jenna Folarin

* “The beauty of it is, you can use kind self-talk, anytime, anywhere.” - Jenna Folarin

* “Are you expecting yourself to do too much?” - Jenna Folarin

* “In an ideal world, yes we’d like to do things a certain way or fit a lot into our day, but is it realistic in terms of how much energy we’ve got available to us on that day?” - Jenna Folarin

* “Every day our energy is different as mums, it’s going to depend on how much sleep we’ve had, where we are in our cycle, what the seasons are doing, our mood, so many things.” - Jenna Folarin

* “If you haven’t got the energy, it’s OK to let some things go and lower your expectations of what you can achieve in your day - that is being kind to yourself.” - Jenna Folarin

* “If you can take something off your plate and create some space in your life, then absolutely do it, don’t struggle alone.” - Jenna Folarin

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* I read a quote from this book - Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Dr Kristen Neff

* I read the poem ‘You’ from Wild Hope - Donna Ashworth

* If you’d like more personalised support in bringing self-compassion into your life, then I invite you to check out my 12 week Bespoke Self-Care Plan - swap overwhelm, mum-guilt and anger for calm and compassion by building up tiny moments of daily self-care over 12 wee