“What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?” - Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The...
For many people, middle-age is a catalyst to take stock in life. For some, the kids have left for college and there’s more time to consider your likes, dislikes, goals, and dreams. Often this turns into a "midlife crisis." But what happens if you're short on...
If creating an authentic life were easy, everyone would be doing it. Sadly, life transitions have a way of pushing us off track with our happiness focused on extrinsic motivation as opposed to our intrinsic dreams and desires. So, why does this happen? When we are...
When was the last time you heard from your inner critic? You know, that voice in your head that constantly judges you, puts you down and compares you to others. The one that tells you you’re not good enough or smart enough and says things you would probably never say...
What does it mean to have healthy self-esteem? Some people think it means you are OK with how you look. Other people think you must accomplish something big in your life to have good self-esteem. The reality is, having a healthy self-esteem means you like and...
What exactly is self-esteem and how does it show up in our every day life? Self-esteem is the degree to which we feel worthy, valuable and confident in any particular moment in time. Without the proper skill-set, these feelings or beliefs can significantly affect our...
Self-esteem is an opinion we have of ourselves; a way of placing value on ourselves as people. For many people, it typically fluctuates throughout our lives depending upon any given situation. Self-esteem is on a spectrum where having too much can be just as dangerous...
Of all the emotions, anger is perhaps the one that most people have the hardest time dealing with. This is likely because anger is not like other emotions. It is unique. In fact, a 2017 Mental Health Foundation survey of 2000 people found that 28% are sometimes...
Chances are you were taught as a child to never judge others. Parents and teachers probably said it a hundred different ways: "Don't judge a book by its cover." And yet, despite our best efforts, most of us fall into the trap over and over again. In today's polarizing...