Caroline Foran

You're literally making your anxiety a hundred times worse.

Whereas when I then gave time and understood self-compassion, which I would have thought was like a little waffle until I understood the science of it, that literally pumps the brakes on the stress hormones.

Like on a physiological level, it's not an opinion.

It's not like a nice idea.

It's objective.

It literally tells your brain, no, we're not going to do this now.

And it doesn't it doesn't mean you have to love what you're feeling or love yourself.

It's just turning it towards this is really hard right now.

What do I need in this moment?

And not having it reflect on you as a person, but actually just having that kindness to say you're carrying a lot right now.

This is a lot for you.

Like would what would make a meaningful difference?

Even one tiny thing in this moment.

Forget about tomorrow.

Forget about trying to solve all your problems.

And I would have been like, well, what difference will that make?

But over time, and the science is there to prove it, you literally change your wiring.

100%.

And when you can bring your body into a calm place, then over time that becomes easier to access.

And then the fear of the anxiety starts to simmer down because you can just be in it a little bit more.