The tradition of Halloween and costumes in October offers a great opportunity to talk about the very common feeling of “being a fraud.” Do you often think, when someone gives you a compliment, that what you did that they are complimenting “wasn’t really all that” and that you don’t deserve the praise? Do you also [...]
We all want to be loving people, who “live and let live” and observe the Golden Rule. Yet it is often difficult to accept other people’s habits, behaviors and/or attitudes when they are different from ours. Our internal “radar” quickly picks up on differences and translates those differences into a sense of physiological discomfort. This [...]
Are you feeling courageous today? Is it written on your schedule: “Take on the world today – and win!” No? (And if not, are you feeling a little regretful now, because you don’t feel courageous?) Well, just in case you aren’t naturally buoyant with your own power today, I highly encourage you (pun intended!) to boost [...]
Sometimes guilt or regret over something in the past can be hard to banish from our thoughts and feelings, even with great “experience re-framing” tools such as I shared with you in Dr. Simington’s article last week. When you don’t release your sense of regret and forgive yourself – either because you don’t try the [...]
