Podcast: Increase Your Self-Worth, 5 Steps To Healthy Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a big issue for all of us and we could all do with more. In therapy, it is one of the most sought after goals that clients put…
Tag: self-esteem
Codependents In Isolation: A Question Of Self-Care
The weekend has been tough so far. In our small town, new confirmed cases are being reported every day. There is a sense of surrealism about the whole situation and…
Mistakes Are Part Of The Human Experience… They Are A Valuable Learning Tool
Many people have written about the human condition because it fascinates people. It is fascinating and it changes as time goes on. Carl Rogers, as part of his people-centered therapeutic…
Mindful Acceptance Leads To Self-Compassion
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by…
Controlling Codependency: Keeping Others In Line
Narcissists always get a bad press and probably rightly so. (At this point, we should note that we should only use the term narcissist when someone has been officially diagnosed…
Dealing With Internal Conflict: A Case Study Part 2: Leadership And Action
What is the point of therapy unless there is a clear measurable goal? A question I have often asked myself and one that I am sure many people who seek…
Emotional Traffic And Self-Talk? Take Leadership!
We all experience self-talk to varying degrees. Some of it can be positive but mostly it berates us, make us feel guilty, angry, can encourage us to slip into addiction…
Relationships: Counter-dependence Or Interdependence?
In my last post, I wrote about the characteristics of counter-dependency and how this is defined by projection of a “strong” personality that hides the fear of true intimacy and…