We are our harshest critics. How often have you been so tough on yourself that you quit something, gave up midway or not even started all due to your own intrusive thoughts? Let’s explore how to avoid that with these steps to radical acceptance and high levels of resilience. Radical acceptance is a concept from dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) that involves fully and completely acknowledging reality without resistance and judgement, or attempts to change it. It means embracing things as they are, even if they are difficult or painful, in order to reduce suffering and improve emotional well-being. Yeah, so? What does it mean? Examples of radical acceptance By fully embracing what life throws at us, we remove the emotional burden that could potentially...