If you suffer from low self-esteem, then you know how difficult it is to function every day without hearing that negative inner voice. Affirmations can help raise your self-esteem.
When you are unable to believe in yourself, you hear the same negative thoughts over and over. If you were a victim of emotional/verbal abuse, then you probably hear those same harsh words being played again and again inside your mind.
The truth that many people haven’t discovered is that these negative words can... Read Full Story
Make a mental list of all the things you don’t like about yourself, all the ways in which you don’t ‘measure up’, all the ways you ’stick out like a sore thumb’ as compared to others in your life, all the things that make you an odd duck. Collectively, these things are the ‘big stick’ with which you beat yourself up on a regular basis.
You need to lose weight or your hair is thinning. You start project after project, but never finish any of them. Your butt’s too big or you can’t find a job... Read Full Story
If you find yourself constantly feeling stress on every level, you can learn how to stop that stress dead in its tracks. Here are seven of the most common stress triggers and how to stop them before they get the best of you.
Negative people. People with a negative attitude can make you feel stressed just by being around them. Pick and choose your friends and acquaintances more wisely from now on. Stay away from those who seem to stay on a negative kick all the time.
Being late all the time... Read Full Story
I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be
You’re gonna give your love to me
Love to last more than one day
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Love, love is love and not fade away
Not fade away
Not fade away
Whether this last verse brings to mind for you Buddy Holly or the Rolling Stones matters not. You might not even know the song, at all. And don’t worry, I’m not going to go off on a long diatribe about the twisted... Read Full Story
The chart above is from Wikipedia and it shows Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. I wanted to show it to you in case you have not seen it. This diagram is very helpful when it comes to understanding the power of all of our needs. At the Physiological level is the need for food and shelter. Those needs must be met for us to create the next level of need realization. In other words, if we don’t have food in our stomach and a roof over our heads than the above needs are not our focus... Read Full Story
