The Self-Acceptance Meditation

Created by Hugo Alberts (Ph.D.).

This meditation is about self-acceptance. Self-acceptance means accepting ourselves for who we are at this very moment. It means relating to ourselves the same way we would relate to someone for whom we love and care deeply. When we accept ourselves, we permit ourselves to be human, fail, make mistakes, and learn and grow. We accept our weaknesses instead of feeling somehow less because of them. Likewise, we accept our strengths but do not feel superior because of them. Self-acceptance means that you allow yourself to be as you are.