Enhancing happiness in life with the concept of Self-compassion

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Kamol Phoyen

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                Self–compassion is a psychological concept that helps people understand themselves without self–blame and suffer from the mistakes arising from their own actions. See that this mistakes that have occurred are things that have happened in the past and are not important problems that cause people to feel negative about themselves until they are unable to do anything further. But instead made me see that mistakes from any kind of work are common and can happen to anyone.  Self-compassion is an essential quality for a happy life. Because We will be aware of life as if really is. A number of studies have been found to support the view that   self-compassion is essential to our lives. The element of self- compassion consists of three parts : Self-kindness, Common humanity and Mindfulness. While the approach to enhancing happiness in life with the concept of Self-compassion ,there are 5 improtant approaches as follows : practice facing the truth , Ignore negative thoughts about  yourself , Change your perspective when your heart is troubled, Control your emotions not to sink , and Facing the fight without avoiding the problem.

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