Rob Dial

Because when we stop distracting ourselves, all of the things that we just spoke about a minute ago, all of the buried emotions and thoughts and feelings and unresolved pain comes to the surface. It's sitting there. It's just waiting for it to have some space. But here's the thing, though. That coming to the surface is not a bad thing. It's an opening. It is your chance to heal.

This is how you heal more than anything else. And so what you really start to do as you spend more time alone is you really actually start to rebuild your relationship with yourself. You start to notice this inner dialogue that's happening behind the scenes all the time. Do you get to pay attention to how you talk to yourself when you're alone? Are you kind?

This is how you heal more than anything else. And so what you really start to do as you spend more time alone is you really actually start to rebuild your relationship with yourself. You start to notice this inner dialogue that's happening behind the scenes all the time. Do you get to pay attention to how you talk to yourself when you're alone? Are you kind?

This is how you heal more than anything else. And so what you really start to do as you spend more time alone is you really actually start to rebuild your relationship with yourself. You start to notice this inner dialogue that's happening behind the scenes all the time. Do you get to pay attention to how you talk to yourself when you're alone? Are you kind?

Or do you criticize yourself constantly? Do you guilt yourself and shame yourself and, you know, beat yourself up? So what could you do? Well, one thing that you could do is, if you want to keep yourself a little bit busy, write to yourself. You can write a letter to yourself. You could journal. Journaling isn't about just, you know, dear diary or about doodling or making pretty pages.

Or do you criticize yourself constantly? Do you guilt yourself and shame yourself and, you know, beat yourself up? So what could you do? Well, one thing that you could do is, if you want to keep yourself a little bit busy, write to yourself. You can write a letter to yourself. You could journal. Journaling isn't about just, you know, dear diary or about doodling or making pretty pages.

Or do you criticize yourself constantly? Do you guilt yourself and shame yourself and, you know, beat yourself up? So what could you do? Well, one thing that you could do is, if you want to keep yourself a little bit busy, write to yourself. You can write a letter to yourself. You could journal. Journaling isn't about just, you know, dear diary or about doodling or making pretty pages.

It's about honesty. Write to yourself. Write a letter to yourself. Put your thoughts on a piece of paper. Ask yourself how you're really doing. How are you really doing? And then give yourself a minute to answer that. You can also just sit in stillness. Start with five minutes a day. No distractions, just being. Notice what comes up. Get curious instead of judging.

It's about honesty. Write to yourself. Write a letter to yourself. Put your thoughts on a piece of paper. Ask yourself how you're really doing. How are you really doing? And then give yourself a minute to answer that. You can also just sit in stillness. Start with five minutes a day. No distractions, just being. Notice what comes up. Get curious instead of judging.

It's about honesty. Write to yourself. Write a letter to yourself. Put your thoughts on a piece of paper. Ask yourself how you're really doing. How are you really doing? And then give yourself a minute to answer that. You can also just sit in stillness. Start with five minutes a day. No distractions, just being. Notice what comes up. Get curious instead of judging.

This morning was a perfect example for me because we went to bed really early last night. So I woke up before Lauren and the baby did. I had an extra hour to myself and I went outside the back porch. It was a little bit cold so I put a blanket over myself and I just sat there and closed my eyes and for like 20 minutes I I just simply meditate it and I breathe.

This morning was a perfect example for me because we went to bed really early last night. So I woke up before Lauren and the baby did. I had an extra hour to myself and I went outside the back porch. It was a little bit cold so I put a blanket over myself and I just sat there and closed my eyes and for like 20 minutes I I just simply meditate it and I breathe.

This morning was a perfect example for me because we went to bed really early last night. So I woke up before Lauren and the baby did. I had an extra hour to myself and I went outside the back porch. It was a little bit cold so I put a blanket over myself and I just sat there and closed my eyes and for like 20 minutes I I just simply meditate it and I breathe.

And since the baby's been born, I haven't gotten many of those moments. Not in the morning, at least. I usually try to find them throughout the day, little pockets of time where I can do breathing or breath work. But not many of them happen in the morning, because usually he is my alarm more than anything else. And so just sit in stillness, quiet. Be with yourself. Start to enjoy your own company.

And since the baby's been born, I haven't gotten many of those moments. Not in the morning, at least. I usually try to find them throughout the day, little pockets of time where I can do breathing or breath work. But not many of them happen in the morning, because usually he is my alarm more than anything else. And so just sit in stillness, quiet. Be with yourself. Start to enjoy your own company.

And since the baby's been born, I haven't gotten many of those moments. Not in the morning, at least. I usually try to find them throughout the day, little pockets of time where I can do breathing or breath work. But not many of them happen in the morning, because usually he is my alarm more than anything else. And so just sit in stillness, quiet. Be with yourself. Start to enjoy your own company.

And science backs up that this is important. There's a study that was published in Psychological Science in 2016 that found out that self-reflection through meditation or through journaling or through just being alone with yourself, when you do it constructively, improves your mental and emotional regulation, and it helps with your own personal self-compassion.

And science backs up that this is important. There's a study that was published in Psychological Science in 2016 that found out that self-reflection through meditation or through journaling or through just being alone with yourself, when you do it constructively, improves your mental and emotional regulation, and it helps with your own personal self-compassion.

And science backs up that this is important. There's a study that was published in Psychological Science in 2016 that found out that self-reflection through meditation or through journaling or through just being alone with yourself, when you do it constructively, improves your mental and emotional regulation, and it helps with your own personal self-compassion.

Because as you start to spend more time with yourself, you start to go, you know what? I was a little bit hard on you then. I know that you were doing your best. I know that I can be a little bit hard. I'm sorry. I love you. And you're starting to talk to yourself. So you're having more self-compassion. You're getting better at it.