@nataliaortega__: i’m learning in therapy that we must be gentle with ourselves because the little versions of us, the ones we once were, are still in us. They are counting on us to make them proud; they are putting their trust in us. The last thing I would want to do is break that little girls heart by calling her names and making her feel less than. Once my therapist said this to me, I vowed to try to speak more gently about myself as I am also speaking to little me.