If you caught yourself being harsh today,

This is something worth sitting with. Self-criticism isn't protecting you the way it thinks it is. It just turns up the volume on your body's danger signal, and a body on high alert holds more tension, not less. Next time it shows up, try asking yourself one simple question: Would I say this to my best friend? 

Most of us would never speak to someone we love the way we speak to ourselves. That gap is worth noticing.