Development tools for a better you
Inevitably, there are going to be moments in life where we feel defeated. Sometimes things just don’t go the way we imagined, regardless of how much effort and pre-planning we put into our ideal outcome. Depending on the severity of this “let-down”, the variety of emotions that we may encounter can be plentiful. There’s no […]
This week’s blog post will be about something a little different from our most recent one’s. Although it has to do with our ability to believe in our selves, and illicit self-love, it is more so something that branches off of courage and faith in new beginnings. What I’m talking about is stepping outside of […]
“I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” -Mark Twain I’m going to ask you to just take a second to really think about this quote. Maybe re-read it a time or two and let the message really sink in. Okay, hopefully by the time you get to this […]
Piggy-backing onto last week’s blog post theme of self-acceptance and appreciating yourself for all of your positive qualities along with your imperfections, I found an article that really resonated with this topic. It seems to be a general consensus that the first step to success and happiness is self-love/acceptance. But why do we think this is? Personally, I […]
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to be hard on yourself? Even that sentence itself sounds like an oxymoron, right? Maybe it sounds like one, because in a perfect world, it would be. But, as we all know, life isn’t always perfect; and neither are we. But the most important thing to […]
You would think that it would be devastating when you are rejected for the very things that you perceive are your biggest flaws. It wasn’t. The blessing is that, once we get through the disappointment, anger, and pain, if we are willing to look at the truth of the situation, we will find […]
With living in such a fast passed, “go, go, go” world, it’s no surprise that so many of us deal with some higher levels of anxiety. Many things can bring us a sense of stress, overwhelming pressure, and anxiety. One person’s reasoning for these feelings of panic does not have to coincide with another’s, and […]
Dr. Guy Diamond is a professor at both the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University and focuses his teachings on the helping professional fields. He, along with his co-authors, Drs. Gary Diamond and Suzanne Levy, have written the first book on Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents. So, why should you care? Let’s first start by […]
I have a friend that dreads his birthday. Yup, his OWN birthday. In the 12 years that I have known him, I have watched him go from being completely elated and excited about celebrating his birthday, to being completely withdrawn and melancholy about it. And it’s not for the reason you may think (the reason I […]
