Try as you might, you cannot pummel yourself into being anyone other than who you are. You cannot push, placate, wheedle or cajole someone else to approve of… Continue reading
As you reflect on your changes this past year, what do you appreciate?
As the seasons change and the Thanksgiving holiday approaches in the US, there is a collective focus on acknowledging and giving thanks for what has been received. It is… Continue reading
What If We Lived Our Lives With Self Respect?
Self Respect is defined as: “Regard for the dignity of one’s own character; A proper respect for ones’ self as a human being; Confidence about your own ability… Continue reading
Self-respect: the dynamic relationship you have with yourself
When you reflect on yourself, what’s you first thought? Notice how do you feel with that thought. Is it one of self-respect? Do you immediately have a list of… Continue reading
Self-expectation: Listen to your self-talk and get free
We do it. Self-expectation. That inner dialogue that criticizes and judges, placing twin burdens of concern and comparison upon you. It feels awful, doesn’t it? And if that… Continue reading
Self-Dialogue: What If You Transformed the Stories You Tell Yourself?
Every moment of every day you are making choices. Some choices are based on your patterning while others are based on ever-evolving life circumstances. The key to the truth… Continue reading
Don’t let your self-worth ride on external approval
You know this one well, don’t you? How easy it is to feel hurt by someone’s judgement of you. Those tentacles of approval-seeking extend into some awfully dark… Continue reading
What if I Recognized My True Worth?
How do you consider your true worth? What really matters to you? Seeking Approval For most of my life I have watched an unfolding which has helped me… Continue reading
What if power comes from more than the personality?
I was raised to be a businessman by generations of businessmen. My inner world revolved around my determination to carry on the legacy. In fact, my father and grandfather… Continue reading
How Inner Strength is the Source of True Power
Do you think of yourself as Someone who is powerful? Or do you look to someone else as the one with power? What if power were really a kind… Continue reading
When you make a mistake, will you forgive yourself?
The 18th century English poet, Alexander Pope said, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” We make mistakes regularly. All of us. The key, however, is what you… Continue reading
What if we never made mistakes?
Did you ever have a day when everything seemed to go wrong? Was it a day when every action seemed to be the wrong action? Mistakes are a… Continue reading
