Subject: How to praise yourself
How to praise yourself
August 9th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTor your children, or employees... What kind of praise is helpful? Recently some researchers tested two types of praise that we give children. They gave a group of children a task to do and afterwards they gave them either intelligence-praise like, ...
I didn't expect this.
August 2nd, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTIt stopped me in my tracks! This stopped me in my tracks. This morning I felt really stressed and couldn’t work out why. So I took a few minutes to sit with my journal and asked myself, “What is the kindest thing I could say to myself right no ...
You KNOW something...
July 26th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTAnd nobody else does. Open to what you know. Whether or not you acknowledge it, in every moment, you have a deep KNOWING about what feels right for you. It's just a sense within yourself about what you prefer. Don’t override that knowing. Really, ...
Does it TRIGGER you?
July 19th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTThat's actually a good thing. When it feels bad... it's actually good. We often find ourselves in life situations that mimic dynamics from our childhood. Usually we don't realise that, or even think about it much. We just know we are TRIGGERED! Work ...
You're so selfish!
July 12th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTHow can you do that? You're being selfish... aren't you? We can't all go around just doing what we want, can we? It would be the end of kindness and consideration and teamwork! Don't we already have enough narcissists running around in our modern wo ...
Don't be so MEAN!
July 5th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTIt's not helping. You might not even realise it... You probably think you're a nice person. And maybe you are... To everyone else. After all these years of talking to people about what's really going on inside their heads, I have come to learn that ...
Some exciting news!
June 28th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTIt's ready! I have some exciting news! Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden growGonna take it nice and slowGonna make this garden grow Do you remember that old song? I haven't heard it since I was a teenager but this morning I woke up wi ...
Will you be ok with it?
June 21st, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTHow will you feel on your deathbed...? What will you feel about your life at the end? In her book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, palliative nurse, Bronnie Ware, notes the painful truth that at the end of your life, as you look back on your choi ...
It's too scary!
June 14th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTWalking the next step can be hard. This is where the wheels come off! Walking the next step is the final step of my ALLOW decision-making process—and it’s where the wheels often come off! Taking action is often the hardest part of making choices ...
Of COURSE we get anxious and depressed!
June 7th, 2023 at 10:15 am MDTAnxiety and depression are side-effects. Depression and anxiety are just side-effects Let's say you ask a child what she really wants and she tells you, but you reply, “Sorry, you can’t have that. What else do you want?” And she tells you the ...
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