{"id":6098,"date":"2011-09-22T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T10:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2011-09-01T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T21:04:44","slug":"therapy-thursday-befriend-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2011\/09\/therapy-thursday-befriend-yourself.html","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Thursday: Befriend Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/imgs\/pocket%20therapist%20front%20cover%20small.jpg\" alt=\"pocket therapist front cover small.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"258\" \/><\/span><em>I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. Many of them are published in my book, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pocket-Therapist-Emotional-Survival-Kit\/dp\/1599952998\">The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit.<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered how long one of your friends would stick with you if you talked to her the way you shout at yourself? <\/p>\n<p>My therapist calls me on this dichotomy practically every session. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would you say to a friend in your shoes?\u201d she\u2019ll ask me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d tell her to be gentle with herself, to eat a pint of Ben and Jerry\u2019s and spend three hours watching Oprah if it made her feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course I need not go that far\u2014especially if I don\u2019t want to weigh 300 pounds&#8211;to exercise a little kindness to myself. Most of the time, all I have to do is to put away the whip, and make myself a friendship bracelet instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. 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