Childhood Shame: How It Shapes Our World
We can all remember events in our childhood where we felt shame and those memories linger. You can see children being shamed every day on the streets of any town or city...
Finding Your Adult Self Can Be Difficult
If we are honest with ourselves, we spend a lot of time in ‘child’ mode, re-enacting aspects of our development. Whether it’s in conflict with another or when we are ruminating or listening to our own self-talk, our younger selves often come through, consolidating our early beliefs...
Codependency: A Case Of Repetition Compulsion?
Codependents often exhibit a certain behavior in adult relationships, often moving from one to the next in a "copy and paste" scenario...
Spanking Doesn’t Work And Drives Bad Behaviour Underground
Over the weekend, I witnessed a physical assault on a young child. You might not be surprised to know that he was with his parents at the time. I was in a store with my wife...
Codependency: The Impact Of Our Beginnings
Think about the following situations and the resulting behaviour...
Increase Your Self-Esteem in 10 Days. Day 5: Reframing your childhood
Day 5 is asking you to look to look at the negatives global labels you have believed since childhood. This is where your inner critical voices are at their strongest...
Confirmatory Bias: The Killer Of Self-Esteem
It always amazes me how talented and intelligent people spend a lot of their time trying to convince themselves that they are the opposite...
Despite Our Best Efforts To Grow Up, Our Child-like Self Never Really Leaves Us
Any parent will testify the range of emotions associated with bringing up a child. Joy, heartache, worry among others are part and parcel of the package...
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