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Reducing Negative Self-Talk

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If the voices in your head are saying anything but positive messages to you, then this is the show for you.

Negative inner dialogue can prevent you from almost everything you want to do in life. So many opportunities will be missed, all because you listened to a voice that is likely misleading you into believing you are something less than you are.

It’s time to switch around those inner voices so that they support you, and maybe even make you laugh.

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Filed Under: anger, Behavior, Deception, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Obsession, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: inner dialogue, internal dialogue, self-talk

10 Life Lessons You Should Already Know – Part 2

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Part 1 here.

So many of us simply live day to day, trying to make the next day as good as the last, or better. The day-to-day can be fulfilling or grueling. If it’s the latter, it’s possible that there is a primal need at your deepest level that is not getting fulfilled.

If that’s the case, it will be harder to attain the peace and balance you may be looking for.

This article covers lessons five through ten, and helps you understand what you may need to focus on to create a happier life for yourself.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: authenticity, Boundaries, life lessons, vulnerability

Empowerment Through Vulnerability

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vulnerabilityEmotions rise up from our core, where we are both most vulnerable and powerful. When we can live from this core place inside of us we can be authentic. When that happens we are empowered to be our true selves.

Align your thoughts and feelings with your behavior and you have a recipe for true success in your life.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Passion, Personal Boundaries, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Vulnerability Tagged With: authenticity, emotional core, empowerment, strength, vulnerability

Preventing and Eliminating Humiliation and Embarrassment

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Unless you thrive on the judgmental stares of others, you probably don’t like to get embarrassed or humiliated.

Sometimes the embarrassments of years gone by can pop up over and over again, especially when people you know keep bringing the humiliating situation back up. If you want to stop reliving the past, get over the shame, or even overcome what you might consider the unforgivable stuff you may have done, this article is for you. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Fears, Human Potential, Humiliation, Judgment, Negative Emotions, Regret, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: disgrace, embarrassment, humiliation, shame

Vulnerability Can Be a Place of Strength

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Many people believe that being vulnerable is a place of weakness or being fragile. Now, I will say that when you open your heart to someone, that is a vulnerable place. Because you are trusting that person with the most precious part of you. You let that person into your personal space. They are inside your castle walls, as I like to call them, and they could honor you and worship you, or they could crush you and steal all of your gold.

So being vulnerable involves trust. When you voluntarily choose to be vulnerable around someone, that is the ultimate in trust. It’s like when a cat lays on his back to show you his belly. He trusts you completely, and is confident that you won’t betray that trust.

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Filed Under: Fears, Human Potential, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Vulnerability Tagged With: Confidence, strength, vulnerability

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