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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Self-compassion is more productive than self-esteem building

The Atlantic had an interesting article this month that claims people might want to give up self-esteem and try to work on self-compassion instead.

The American Counseling Association (ACA) shared the article as well.

Read it here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/why-self-compassion-works-better-than-self-esteem/481473/?utm_source=SFFB
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