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Studies of more than 3 000 people found a striking link between self-compassion and the four primary areas of health and wellbeing: eating, stressing less, sleep and exercise. “It all links to emotional resilience,” says clinical psychologist Dr Catherine Green. “It’s about facing difficult feelings and accepting imperfections, instead of avoiding or attacking them.” Now steal it

If you are feeling down or insecure, Dr Green suggests applying this self-nurturing technique: “Treat yourself in the way that you would treat a good friend. If they were suffering, down or insecure, what would you say? What would you encourage them to do?”