If I asked three people around you – perhaps your boss or coworker, a family member, and a friend – to describe you, what adjectives would they use? Knowing how people know you and how they would describe you is important feedback for learning whether you are living true to your values and guiding principles. [...]
As humans, we rationalize and justify. Our brains look for ways to make sense of the information we receive. But are you making excuses for your choices rather than accepting responsibility for them? Do you find yourself explaining away why you do the things you do? As a psychiatric health care professional, I often hear [...]
How often do you think, “I should have known” or “I should have done this years ago”? ‘Shoulds’ often mean you are judging your actions and your decisions from the past based on the information you have today. That’s not fair. “If you should have, you would have.” With the information you had at the [...]
How will you be happy with more? This anonymous quote reflects the natural laws of the universe: the Law of Attraction and the Law of Creation. You cannot be happy with more *unless and until* you can enjoy what you already have. Steve is very successful by any standard. He loves his work, although he [...]
Where are you trying to prove yourself? How much time and energy are you spending trying to see your own personal value through the eyes and acknowledgements of others? In your struggle to find your personal value, do you ever get it? Do you ever get the approval you seek? And when you do, how [...]
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