You Have Permission to Like Yourself

There comes a time in your life when you can decline other people's efforts to fix you

Loved ones might offer you endless criticism in a supposed attempt to make you a better person. It's not always something you need.stockfour/Shutterstock

Is there someone in your life who frequently critiques you, and often points out what you’re doing or have done wrong, and how you should improve? Is there someone close to you who gives you the feeling that maybe they don’t quite like you as you are?

We all know people who seem to know how we should behave—better than we do—people we feel constantly judge us, who don’t seem to approve of who we are.