Want To Be Less Critical Of Yourself? This May Help

Want To Be Less Critical Of Yourself? This May Help You make one awkward comment in a meeting and replay it all day. Or you make a small mistake and immediately question whether you're actually good at what you do. Sometimes, the hardest voice to turn off is your own.

Self-criticism can become so familiar that it starts to feel like fact. But how you respond to those thoughts may matter as much as the thoughts themselves.

In a recent study , researchers looked at whether mindfulness, the practice of paying attention to your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings without immediately judging them, could change how people relate to negative beliefs about themselves and support better mental health over time.