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How Core Beliefs Run Your Life - For Good or BadFoolproof Ways to Use Assertiveness to Request a RaiseTips for Using Social Media in a Healthy Manner- Surprising Measures Men Take To Boost Their Self-Esteem - by Submitted on May 02, 2019 from habib ahmed mithuThe most important thing for a human being to have is self-esteem. Without it, none of your endeavors in life would be as successful as they should, and you’ll always feel like something is missing. This is even more so for men because society demands a certain standard and imposes specific ...
Views: 1273 - Surrendering: Why Do Some People Find It Hard To Surrender? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperIn today’s world it is often believed that there are two ways to be in life, and one of these ways is often seen as good and another is often seen as bad. The first is to take action and to take life by the horns, which is the good way, and the second option is to be lazy and to sit around doing ...
Views: 774 - Survival: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Cause Them To Attach Their Survival To Others? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough a lot of what one needs to survive, and even thrive, will come from others, it doesn’t mean that their survival is dependent on one person or a group of people. What this then means, is that one is not going to need to please one person or a group of people in order to survive. One ...
Views: 749 - Surviving A Breakup – Healing A Broken Heart and Restoring yourself back to feeling confident in yourself and your desirability - by Submitted on May 11, 2017 from Felicity MuscatBy Felicity Muscat Do you know that most individuals have been taught that the healing process of a broken heart takes time to heal, the limitation with this is that although the pain subsides the effects of the scar remain and continually get re-triggered when individuals attempt to move on ...
Views: 1191 - Surviving Life With An Understanding Heart - by Now is the worst of times and the best of times. As we optimistically contemplate a new millennium we are also filled with trepidation for the unknown.
As I write, the media is filled with Nostradamus'imminent end of the world prophecies. So. what are we to do? Well, as Dorothy Parker ...
Views: 1668 - Survivor Guilt - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2007 from Mitchell MilchSurvivor Guilt On the evening of the 6th anniversary of 9/11 I watched the heart wrenching television images of children of those whose lives were tragically taken on that ill fated morning in 2001. These images stirred me to write about the topic of survivor guilt that is never too far from ...
Views: 1317 - TAKE A STAND FOR YOUR BRAND - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2012 from Liz Dennery SandersEvery day we are inundated with more information than our brains can possibly handle. Attention has become our scarcest resource. If you are ever going to have a chance to earn a piece of real estate in your target audience’s mind, then it’s not okay just to be good enough, or even ...
Views: 858 - Take Back Your Gold - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulLast Monday, after a typical Colorado October snowstorm, my sons and I drove into town to serve dinner to the homeless. Consistent with this time of year, the snow started to melt just hours after it fell, and what was left was a stunning display of beauty where the golds and reds of autumn ...
Views: 1633 - Take Care of Your Vocal Image - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2011 from Cynthia ZhaiThe moment people see you, they begin to make decisions or judgments about you. Those decisions or judgments are reinforced or questioned the moment you open your mouth to speak. You may have invested a lot on personal effectiveness training, management training, and leadership training. You ...
Views: 1289 - Take Charge of Your Now: 5 Simple Steps to Restore Your Personal Power - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Barbara RobinsTake Charge of Your Now: 5 simple steps to restore your personal power By: Barbara Robins What is personal power? When we hear the phrase “Restore Your Personal Power” most of us say “Yeah, that’s for me!” But what exactly is Personal Power? Is it to embolden ...
Views: 1950 - Take Risks: 2nd Key to Unlock Your Potential and Achieve Success - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Maria MartinezHave you ever been concerned about aging? becoming disabled, changing careers, asserting yourself, losing weight, dying, change, public speaking? I’d venture to say that most of us have experienced at least some level of concern or worry about the ‘what if’s’ of life. One of my favorite ...
Views: 1250 - Taking Care of Ourselves - Why Don’t We Do It? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Joan ChamberlainA Deeper Look at Self-Esteem. As Lily and I talked she told me about a situation at work. She’s a data entry person and is now eligible for the company’s health insurance. Her boss promised that the insurance information would be available two weeks ago but no one had gotten ...
Views: 2016 - Taking That First Step Toward Happiness - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Doug HartToday I would like to talk about something else besides learning, namely “taking steps”. Not learning to walk, literally, mind you. I’m hoping you all do that well by now as long as you’re able. The steps I’m talking about are the ones we take when first starting ...
Views: 966 - Taking Up The Challenge To Help Others - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Rick SaldanEven if you put all the sense of benevolence and innate goodness of character that you possess and put them into action, to ‘help’ someone, who you think is in distress or living in a dysfunctional world, it is likely that you and your gesture would be turned down. Any one who has tried to help ...
Views: 1323 - Talk Back to Your Inner Critic - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Thelma MarianoThink of a small, vulnerable child. You yell at her, tell her she’s always making a mess and that she’ll never amount to anything. Does this make her shape up and do better? No! She shrinks into her little corner, afraid to make another move. Or maybe she lashes out at you in anger. ...
Views: 1200 - Tame Your Ego - by Do you know you that there is a step you can take toward fully embracing your spiritual identity which offers permanent freedom from perhaps your greatest source of insecurity and personal bondage? The step is to simply stop taking yourself so seriously, and basically decide as a spiritual ...
Views: 3214 - Tapping For Confidence With Good Qualities EFT - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2014 from Suzanne ZachariaMany of us are taught that self-praise is selfish and immodest. Some have even been taught that it was wrong. Or perhaps it was indirectly inferred that it was wrong. For example, we may as children have heard our mother, father or teacher say "look at her, she's so full of herself" or look at ...
Views: 1655 - Teaching: Do Some People Become Teachers In Order To Feel Superior To Others? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2016 from Oliver JR CooperIt has been said that everyone on this planet is a teacher on one hand and student on the other. Based on this, it is a two way process, and if one doesn’t have this outlook, they are likely to be out of balance. In this case, one could believe that other people are here to learn from them ...
Views: 1572 - Teenage Girls and their Self Esteem - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2009 from Dr. Cheryl GuyCreating a positive sense of self is as important to the teenage daughter as her reading the "Do not feed the lions" sign at the zoo. Disregarding either can result in losing very necessary parts of herself. "The Secrets to Having the Teenage Daughter you Actually Like" with Dr. Cheryl ...
Views: 1700 - Ten Things that make Juggling and Circus Skills a Fantastic Self Help Tool - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2011 from James GuiverTen Things that make Juggling and Circus Skills a Fantastic self help tool When people think of self help there are a few areas that generally crop up – yoga, meditation, exercise, organising your life. You are much less likely to consider something like juggling or another circus skill. ...
Views: 1230 - Terrorism: Why Are People Told Not To Get Angry When It Comes To Terrorism? - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2017 from Oliver JR CooperIn recent years, terrorist attacks have become a regular occurrence in the west. But while the majority of people who live in this part of the world are going to remember what it was like before, there are going to be others who will have been brought up in an country where this was a normal ...
Views: 1002 - Test Anxiety - When Your Mind Goes Blank - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2013 from Pat LaDouceurBrian, one of my clients and a high school senior, had a serious problem with tests. He did his homework. He even helped other students. But when he walked into a test, his mind went blank. All those lectures, readings, and practice problems vanished from his mind. He would start to ...
Views: 1964 - The "At Leaster" Phenominon - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Brian AzarIf you've ever watched the opening of ABC's Wide World of Sports, then you've seen the winning runner break through the finish line, arms upraised in triumph, elated by the "thrill of victory." Of course, you've also seen the championship skier as he miscalculates and goes tumbling down the ...
Views: 1740 - The #1 Secret Of Magnetic Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Zoe RouthHave you ever been around someone who seems to generate their own positive stratosphere? Someone you can't help being drawn to, appreciating their words of wisdom as well as their very presence? I've had a few coaches that fit the bill. And the odd stand-out colleague. They're the ones where you ...
Views: 1368 - The 3 Greatest: Regrets, Fears & Wants - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Greg MooersA recent survey in which American's in their 80's and 90's were asked, "If you could do life over again what would you do differently?" revealed the following top three regrets: 1) I would have spent more time contemplating what's MEANINGFUL 2) I would have taken more RISK 3) I would leave ...
Views: 5419 - The 4 Fundamental “Powers” of Life - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2011 from Judy WidenerOver the past 12 years, as I have been coaching more than 600 people, I’ve discovered that there are 4 fundamental Powers that lead to a fulfilling, balanced life. When you have fully developed all of these powers, you’ll have the greatest opportunity to experience life as joyful, free and ...
Views: 2168 - The 4 Steps to Confronting Another Person and Getting Your Way - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteHave you ever had a situation where you want another person to change their behavior, and you ended up arguing with them instead? There may have been yelling, put-downs and anger. This certainly isn’t the best way to get others to act in a different way. One of the best ways to get others ...
Views: 7261 - The 8 Components of True Inner Confidence - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2006 from Colm O'ReillyConfidence really is thrown around the place as something that everyone needs to have and should develop. “Be Confident” is the main piece of advice given to every nervous guy in the world. But confidence is this ethereal, intangible thing that’s so vast it makes it almost impossible to just “be ...
Views: 20802 - The ABCs of Packing it on in 2009 - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from elizabeth cassidyI plan on doing the unthinkable in 2009. I am going to gain as much as I can and plan to steer clear of things and thoughts when it comes to losing. I have been losing for years and where does it get me? Lose so much that you don’t even recognize yourself. Some days I have to glance at ...
Views: 825 - The Ability To Will For Success! - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Nicholas FinneganWhat determines your results? The ultimate power in being able to exercise your will. Now, some people will refer to will as 'will power' but the word "power" attached to the end of the word will only confuses us when it comes to really understanding what our will truly is. Most of us think ...
Views: 772 - The Advantages Of Joining Social Anxiety Forums - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraSocial anxiety disorder is characterized by severe fear during social situations and this could start at a very early age. If a child does not get help and support, he or she could develop the condition until adulthood. The harshness of this condition could become truly worse that the ...
Views: 1323 - The age of the sole trader - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Jane BinnionIt seems that the UK is fast becoming a nation of sole traders. At a time of cut backs, redundancies and limited options, more and more people are deciding to use their skills to go it alone. Being self employed can be very liberating, but at the same time the associated ‘Jack of all ...
Views: 912 - The Amazing Secret To Ridding Yourself Of Self Consciousness - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2008 from Peter MurphyOne of the biggest challenges to developing superior communication skills is that you already have your hands full in those situations where you need help. Take a typical scenario - meeting new people. If I give you tips for listening more effectively and you rush off to practice the tips you ...
Views: 612 - The Answer Man Vending Machine - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Larry HochmanA few years ago there was a person on one of the social network sites I play around on and contribute to. She asked for my help on a personal issue, and I gave her some guidance that seemed to be really helpful. It felt good. I was in flow. I was providing this wonderful service to someone ...
Views: 1299 - The Art of Building A Successful Rapport With Anyone - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Belinda DalyWhat is rapport? Rapport is when you find you have established a friendly relationship with someone. It is like when you meet someone for the first time and you both instantly bond. For example you can be at a party and you meet someone and you both find that you have many things in common, i.e. ...
Views: 2808 - The Art of Making Decisions - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOur culture fails to teach us the essential skills we need to navigate through life successfully in so many ways. As I discuss often on this site, it fails to teach us about healthy, real love. It fails to teach us about how to feel our feelings and work with our thoughts. It fails to guide us ...
Views: 984 - The Battle of Negative Body Image - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Sandra Dee Robinson3 Ways to “Get Over It!” The issue of negative body image seems to be, quite frankly, beaten to death. Resurrected, and beaten again. Everywhere we look, we see headlines condemning the media for creating this obsession with our bodies, and yet, the headlines themselves are developed from ...
Views: 1453 - The Beauty and the Beast - Which Are You? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2011 from Claire MaguireThe art of saying I love me. An easy task right? To stand and say I love me, I’m fabulous, I’m the best. And yet… We appear to want to claim the title beast. It sits better in our psyche. To draw attention to that which we don’t like. Why? For a fear of people contradicting us, ...
Views: 869 - The Best Friend Strategy - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2008 from Paul ClineIn my work I meet a variety of clients dealing with issues including, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, stress management, etc. Among these many issues there is one common malady - they all talk to themselves in a negative fashion inside their minds. In psychology, we call this ...
Views: 1741 - THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE CHANGE AT WORK PLACE - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Mark IraborAnyone who has experienced change in his/her place of work will have different stories to tell. This is because people’s perception of change differs from one person to another. While some will be scared others may be glad, but everyone must find ways to deal with it in a positive manner. It ...
Views: 1458 - THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE CHANGE AT WORK PLACE - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Mark IraborAnyone who has experienced change in his/her place of work will have different stories to tell. This is because people’s perception of change differs from one person to another. While some will be scared others may be glad, but everyone must find ways to deal with it in a positive manner. It ...
Views: 611 - The Best Ways to Deal Assertively with Conflicts - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteConflicts are normal in all relationships, even loving ones. It’s vital that these differences are resolved. If not, the feelings between you and your partner will gradually diminish. Different personality types handle conflicts in different ways, and the way they argue depends on their ...
Views: 7606 - The Building Blocks of Self Confidence - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Kevin SinclairIn order to do well in life all of us need self-confidence. This is what gives of the courage to take on difficult situations, but those that lack self-confidence will often crumble in the midst of challenges. Of course, the question is, how do you get this self-confidence? You can achieve ...
Views: 628 - The Causes and Consequences of Voice/Vocal Repair Matters: - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2020 from Diana Yampolsky- My close observations and beliefs. - For at least a decade, about 90 percent of people have been coming through our doors to conquer not only a voice repair but, as experience shows, first and foremost, to acquire a new and improved lifestyle… Our Toronto prominent newspaper, The Toronto ...
Views: 941 - The Communication Clean-Up Campaign - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2016 from Kelley KosowWell, we are finally here...Election Day! Normally I would make some comment about how "tomorrow we will wake up and there will be a new president." Yet, since nothing has been normal about this election, who knows what tomorrow will bring and what the status of the election not to mention the ...
Views: 1067 - The Confident Introvert Networker - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2013 from Lynette CraneWhether you are networking for business or for personal reasons, being an introvert can make the process painful. It doesn’t have to be. My interest in confidence and its opposite, social anxiety, came as the result of a painful end to a marriage in which I had become increasingly socially ...
Views: 1147 - The Core Beliefs That Plague Men - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteYour core beliefs are those beliefs you created when you were a child based on your experiences and how you were treated and talked to. You had certain experiences and heard the same messages over and over again from family members, peers and others, and you formed certain core beliefs about ...
Views: 7422 - The Core Beliefs That Plague Women - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteAs girls are growing up, their parents and culture teach them how to be. Most girls get the message that they’re supposed to be and act in certain ways. Many of these messages encourage girls to be “less than.” In many ways, girls are taught to have low self-esteem as part of their ...
Views: 6953 - The Courage to Stare Down Fear - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Valencia RayThe courage to stare down fear requires more than meets the eye. In fact, if you keep your focus and attention on what scares you, you will feel more afraid. Yet, you will need to face your fear, name your fear, and then tap into your spiritual power of courage. Courage is not of the head; it’s ...
Views: 1158 - THE COURAGE TO STEP OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2006 from James KrehbielCourage may be defined by those who live outside the bubble as opposed to those who live in it. I like to compare stepping out of the bubble to "wading out into the water." When one wades, they don't thrust themselves in, but slowly move deeper into the flow of things. They wait until they ...
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