Self-compassion is closely associated with emotional resilience—a late bloomer strength—including the ability to soothe ourselves, recognize our mistakes, learn from them, and motivate ourselves to succeed. Self-compassion is also consistently correlated with measures of emotional well-being, such as optimism, life satisfaction, and autonomy, and with reduced levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and shame. Understandably, self-compassionate people can improve on mistakes, failures, or shortcomings more easily than others because they view them more objectively.
