Humans 101

A Meditation on Not Being a Dick to Yourself

It’s possible to hold yourself accountable with compassion

Mollie Birney, M.A.
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readApr 27, 2020

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A woman at an aquarium looking at fishes in a tank. Cast in bluish light.
Photo: Kohei Hara/Getty Images

A few days ago, I was sitting at the piano. It had been a while. I used to play pretty regularly, but these days I’m not what you’d call a musician. I’ll jam with my husband every once in a while, noodling with things by ear and messing around with…

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Mollie Birney, M.A.
Human Parts

Clinical Coach in private practice — life coaching with an eye towards mental health. @molliebirney www.molliebirney.com