You know that you are a highly sensitive person (HSP), or maybe you are starting to realize that you may be. Either way, there are basic choices you can make in your daily life to help yourself navigate the minefields of life. 1. Make Boundaries Boundaries come in many forms. The first and most important …
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Attempting to boost your self-esteem during normal times is hard enough, but what happens when you’re dealing with a difficult period in your life? Stressful issues like pandemics, job loss, broken relationships, or sickness can lower our self-esteem. We tend to take the blame and feel that, if we were “better,” these things wouldn’t have happened in …
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There just aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything you want. We find ourselves caught up in a slew of obligations involving everything from work to taking care of our families. At the end, who has time to better themselves? Or are there enough hours after all? If your self-belief is dragging, the …
There are too many nice people in the world today…or so it might seem, with the number of “yes” folks you run into on a daily basis. However, what about the lesser heard “evil sibling”, the word NO? As a child, you were raised to be considerate to others and to accommodate them as much …
Where does self-confidence come from? How do we get it? Why don’t I have it? The answer to all of these questions can be answered with one word – YOU! Self-confidence starts with you and your perception of yourself as well as what other people think about your actions or behavior. For some of us, …
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Self-confidence is one thing that most people think other people have except for themselves. As we have discussed before, all of us were endowed with special attributes though we rarely recognize these special gifts in ourselves. We are all capable of being self-confident. It isn’t something that was given to the person sitting next to …
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Kindness is contagious?” Most sayings like this come to become widely known because they’re based in truth. Research has found scientific evidence for the fact that kindness can spread in various ways. You’ve surely experienced or witnessed instances in which someone has paid it forward or a movement has …
Even if you have heard of the term ‘committed to excellence’, do you fully understand what it means? The following quote is from Aristotle and defines what excellence is. “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because …
“You cannot change your future; but, you can change your habits, and surely your habits…will change your future.” -Dr. Abdul Kalam Do you spend hours every day working on something yet never seem to get anything done? Does it take you too much time to complete any tasks, even simple ones? Do you find it …
Big Goals. Large visions for your life. Any major success you want to obtain… It is probably going to take a lot longer than you anticipate when you start the journey. It’s just human nature. We get a good idea about something we want to be, do, have and the idea captures our minds and …
