Confidence
Erase Your Limits: Expand Your Comfort Zone in 6 Steps
Of all the valuable skills you’ll acquire, learning to deal effectively with discomfort is one of the most important. Consider all the times you’ve wanted to do something, but either never started or came up short. It’s likely that your inability to handle the resulting discomfort was the cause. If you could handle discomfort…
Read MoreWhat Unicorns Can Teach You About Making Your Life More Magical
You may have seen headlines warning that society is approaching peak unicorn. Yes, it’s time to start thinking about what you can do to hold onto your sense of wonder after you’ve posted your last unicorn image on Instagram Fortunately, there are many ways to feel enchanted even when you’re a grown up with…
Read MoreFind Your Own Voice and Allow Your Individuality to Shine
It’s not easy to stand out and reveal yourself to the world. We learn early in life that it’s often easier to blend in. Standing out in a school setting often results in bullying and teasing. It gets easier in adulthood, but those early lessons can be hard to shake. However, the world…
Read MoreThe Proactive Path to Self-Care
Do you only think about self-care when you’re already in trouble? You want to eat healthier because your doctor says you need to lower your cholesterol, or you decide to start meditating because job stress is keeping you up at night. Self-care is more effective when it’s an ongoing part of your…
Read MoreMaking Peace with Your Inner Critic
The way you talk to yourself can build you up or tear you down. When your inner dialogue is harsh, it’s usually because you’re repeating things you heard from your parents or other authority figures when you were growing up. If the criticism goes too far, it can discourage you from trying and…
Read MoreYou Can Be Anything You Want to Be!
Take a moment for yourself. Sit back, relax and allow yourself to dream for a bit about whom you’d like to be and what you’d really like to do with your life. If you could simply paint an image of who you want to be, what would that look like? Free-association like this can…
Read MoreWays to Conquer the Fear of Change
Change can be a scary thing. When you make a change in your life, you bring yourself into the unknown. You travel from a safe place to one where you don’t know exactly what will happen. The truth is, there is nothing you can do to stop change. This world is always changing…
Read MoreDestroy Insecurity and Take on the World
Insecurity is perhaps the biggest roadblock to achieving your goals. If you lack confidence and certainty in yourself and your skills, you’ll never leave the starting line. Insecurity is the result of poor mental habits and giving too much power to others. With work, you can be a highly confident and secure person!…
Read MoreTop 10 Strategies to Get the Respect You Deserve
Respect comes in two forms: self-respect and respect from others. These two types of respect, however, are intertwined. Consider what happens when you lack self-respect. You are on the losing end of every relationship. You’re more willing to indulge in negative habits. People treat you like a doormat. Your life and environment are often…
Read MoreSelf-Awareness and Why It Matters
Having self-awareness means that you have knowledge of yourself. You understand your habits, likes, dislikes, the way you view the world, and your needs. You know what you want in life and have an understanding of your emotional responses. Socrates’ famous quote “know thyself” is a directive to develop self-awareness. Having self-awareness doesn’t solve…
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