New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- For our mental wellness, we often focus on therapy, mindfulness, exercise, and dietary plans. While all of this is quite significant, there's one tool that is simple and yet, often overlooked - self compassion. In my experience as a therapist, this is one skill that can dramatically alter the way we live, relate and heal.

What is self-compassion? It mean "holding the self the same way one would do with a dear friend who is struggling" - with gentle care, understanding and no harsh judgement. This is ideal and quite simple, yet, for most people, offering compassion to oneself is the hardest. We are quick to forgive others but do not show as much mercy to ourselves. This perpetual self-criticism is self-destructive. Wh...