you are enough

Syllable breakdown

Dictionary meaning

a phrase of affirmation and self-compassion that challenges the pervasive experience of inadequacy, shame, and the felt sense of being fundamentally deficient or insufficient that underlies many forms of psychological distress including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and perfectionism; you are enough asserts that a person has intrinsic worth that is not conditional on achievement, appearance, productivity, or the approval of others; the phrase is associated with the work of shame researcher Brené Brown and with broader movements in self-compassion psychology developed by researchers like Kristin Neff; in therapeutic contexts it confronts the inner critic and the relentless drive toward self-improvement that, unchecked, prevents people from experiencing the acceptance and rest that make genuine flourishing possible