I’m a big contender in the self hatred stakes. So what do you do when you don’t like yourself? I think my feelings of self loathing originated in my childhood. My parents were very critical of me and there were rarely any kind words. This […]
Do you often put others ahead of you and forget to look after yourself? I know I do this regularly. It may be partly because I grew up in a household where I didn’t matter much. Children were supposed to be seen and not heard. […]
We have so many things going for us, don’t we? Despite the limited number of hours in a day, we are somehow able to include time for work, family, friends, and even other extracurricular activities into our already busy schedules. But how much time do […]
Be yourself in a world full of haters. It’s the tougher option for sure. It’s so much easier to give in to peer pressure, to want to people please and be liked by everyone. We all know though, you can’t please everyone all of the […]
True self confidence comes from the way you see yourself, not how others see you. When you build self confidence to a good level, you like yourself irrespective of what others think of you. Your self worth does not come from achievement or external validation. […]
I’ve never been good with showing myself compassion. A lot of negative message growing up taught me to be incredibly self critical. I didn’t like myself at all and it’s taken 35 years (minimum) to get to a point where I can show myself a […]
So what’s the difference between self esteem versus self confidence? Self esteem is created by external validation and self confidence comes from within. Albert Ellis, a famous Psychologist was once quoted saying, “Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to personkind because it’s conditional”. Self esteem […]
Developing Qualities of Inner Compassion Being self critical can be very stressful and make us feel worse. One way of coping with disappointment and our ‘inner bully’ is to learn be compassionate to the self. This requires a number of things from us: 1. Valuing Compassion: Some people are worried that if they are compassionate with themselves they may […]
