Posts Tagged ‘Self-Esteem’
Be Your Own Hero: Learn How Mastery Gets You Moving
One of the main reasons someone decides to go to individual or group therapy is because they feel stuck. Experiences like anxiety, depression, trauma, and unhealthy relationships can leave you feeling like you are not in control of your life. Like being on a merry-go-round of misery, the same bad things keep happening and/or your…
Read MoreWhen Two Become One- How to Know When You Are in a Codependent Relationship
Your love should be so strong that you can’t live without the other person. You would do anything to be with him/her. They are the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about before you fall asleep. You need to need them. These are the messages we…
Read MoreHow to Keep a Promise, to Yourself
You know that friend? That one friend that whenever you make plans with them you feel like it is a gamble. Maybe they will actually show up, or maybe they will cancel at the last minute. Again. So if it bothers you when other people flake on you — how about when you do it…
Read MoreHow Do I Value Myself as a Creative Professional Early in my Career?
Most of us, at the beginning of our careers, enter into the tacit agreement that we must “pay our dues” — that one must work hard, often for little to no compensation, or even take jobs we may not necessarily like in exchange for experience. The hope then, is that all this hard work and experience…
Read MoreTaking Risks: Showing Your True Self
“It’s not okay to show who I really am right now.” Is this something you’ve ever told yourself? When you first began to say it, maybe you had good reason to. Perhaps you started to believe that you are “too much” — too emotional, too sensitive, too needy, too anything. Once this type of thinking…
Read MoreAre You Sure You Are Taking Care of Yourself?
Are You Seeing the Full You or Just a Small Glimpse? Some of our first milestones in life are to develop regular relationships with eating and sleeping. We might not remember, but parents rejoice when they see us settle into a pattern that matches what we need. As we get older, though, we do not…
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