Kindness Is Not Letting Yourself Off

13 min

Self-compassion is often mistaken for letting yourself off. This practice draws a sharper line: contempt is the automatic verdict, while kindness is the harder discipline of staying honest without cruelty. A session for meeting a recent mistake clearly, keeping the standard, and putting down the lash.

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Maya Hart
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Maya Hart
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Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.

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About this session

Kindness Is Not Letting Yourself Off is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the self compassion collection, narrated by Maya Hart.

Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.