Emotional Awareness
"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. " – Chinese Proverb — "Emotional awareness is the first key to change." – mcp — "Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." – Walter [...]
Building a Healthy Self-Esteem
Building a Healthy Self-Esteem (article) http://www.happynews.com/news/672007/building-healthy-self-esteem.htm Here’s a good article on being "real" with your kid. Positive, definitely. Over-Positive, no. (but over-positive still beats over-negative!). Here are some excerpts from this article so you’ll get the point… "Few things are more important to a child’s personal growth than having a healthy self-esteem. We help our [...]
Hiding Feelings From Yourself
"One of the greatest moments in anybody’s developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is." – Norman Vincent Peale
The Beauty of Having Choices
A good anger acted upon is beautiful as lightning and swift with power.A good anger swallowed clots the blood like slime. -Marge Piercy — "One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger [...]
Compassion
"Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment." – Arthur Jersild
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