Working with Dr. Shelley Kerr
#6
#6
Building your compassionate self
Building your compassionate self
Building your compassionate self
Learning to respond to yourself with kindness and care when things feel difficult.
CFT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Which part of you has been loudest lately: the anxious, fed-up, striving or compassionate part?
Which part of you has been loudest lately: the anxious, fed-up, striving or compassionate part?
Try
Try
Write a short letter with four parts: acknowledge your struggle, explain why it makes sense, express care for yourself and suggest one small helpful action.
Write a short letter with four parts: acknowledge your struggle, explain why it makes sense, express care for yourself and suggest one small helpful action.
Live
Live
Where will you keep your letter so it is available when you are worrying or giving yourself a hard time?
Where will you keep your letter so it is available when you are worrying or giving yourself a hard time?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
You are more than the struggling part
Feeling anxious, frustrated or desperate to fix sleep does not define your whole self. These are different parts of you responding to a difficult situation, alongside a compassionate part capable of wisdom, strength and support.
01
You are more than the struggling part
Feeling anxious, frustrated or desperate to fix sleep does not define your whole self. These are different parts of you responding to a difficult situation, alongside a compassionate part capable of wisdom, strength and support.
02
Striving is an attempt to help
The part of you that wants a quick solution for sleep, searches for answers or tries harder to control sleep is usually attempting to help. Its intentions may be understandable even when its actions may increase pressure and wakefulness.
02
Striving is an attempt to help
The part of you that wants a quick solution for sleep, searches for answers or tries harder to control sleep is usually attempting to help. Its intentions may be understandable even when its actions may increase pressure and wakefulness.
03
Acknowledgement helps compassion
Clearly naming the sleep difficulty, the feelings it creates and the ways you have been trying to cope can help you understand the struggle more fairly. Acknowledgement is not resignation; it creates a better starting point for helpful action. A compassionate response combines acknowledgement, understanding and care with one realistic next step.
03
Acknowledgement helps compassion
Clearly naming the sleep difficulty, the feelings it creates and the ways you have been trying to cope can help you understand the struggle more fairly. Acknowledgement is not resignation; it creates a better starting point for helpful action. A compassionate response combines acknowledgement, understanding and care with one realistic next step.
Next Session
Rethinking your inner critic
Rethinking your inner critic
Understanding what your critic may be trying to do and how to relate to it differently.
Understanding what your critic may be trying to do and how to relate to it differently.
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE