I'm halfway through This Difficult Thing of Being Human, which advocates for self compassion and tries to create a framework for the reader to practice it. Adm

I'm halfway through This Difficult Thing of Being Human, which advocates for self compassion and tries to create a framework for the reader to practice it. Admittedly I'm not great at remembering to break the mental "downward spiral", but it's pretty good at establishing why this isn't just self-coddling, so I'd suggest it.