self-nurturing

Finally, permitting feelings is probably the ultimate means of self-nurturing.

Often the self-nurturing at this stage will also increase you self-esteem and give you the courage to begin to address the emotion.

Instead, a progression from painful self-harm to harmless pain to self-nurturing would be more realistic.

A set of true or false questions addressing Flexibility, decision-making style, Emotionality, and Self-Nurturing.

Truthful self-nurturing:

However self-pity is a way of paying attention to oneself, albeit negatively; it is a means of self-soothing or self-nurturing ("I hurt so much").

Demonstrating Positive Attitudes and Behaviours covers concepts like self-esteem, honesty, integrity, confidence, ethics, initiative, and self-nurturing.