Dealing with unhelpful (self-critical) thoughts

A few ideas here on dealing with unhelpful, self-critical thoughts, if we find ourselves giving ourselves a hard time, beating ourselves up more often than is good for us. We’re looking here at separating ourselves from our thoughts, and acknowledging for example that: -💭thoughts are the stories we create and tell ourselves – 💭we are not our thoughts – 💭we don’t have to believe our thoughts – 💭self-critical thoughts are opinions, and there are other opinions  When…