While friends come and go, our relationship with ourselves never ends. We can learn a lot about how to be our own best friend and kind to ourselves by paying attention to what we appreciate about our other relationships and true friends.

In my work with groups and clients, I’ve seen that self-compassion not only gives us the confidence to make our creative dreams come true, it also helps us experience the flow state more often. For highly creative people, being kind to ourselves and k...