by Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.…

Don’t we all wear masks at one time or another, pretending that everything is OK? There are many reasons people may act out this charade. It’s not uncommon to hide personal pain, because putting it on display for all to see can be embarrassing and even destabilize relationships. Yet studies show that [...]

By Tama J. Kieves…
I am committed to allowing myself to receive more freaking goodness than I can imagine. To start with, I am going to know that, independent of anyone else’s predictions or convictions, my life can be fantastic. I am going to stop calling negativity and limitation “realism.” I’m going to just start calling [...]

by Sean G Murphy…

We have all set goals, and written them out 100’s of times. We have covered our bathroom mirrors with so many post it notes, that we had to use the guest bath room so we could actually see ourself when we were getting ready in the moning. Well for many, all of [...]

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.…

There are two kinds of New Year’s Resolutions:
1. What you are going to do to accomplish your goals
2. Who you want to be
Many New Year’s Resolutions are of the first kind:
• I’m going to lose 25 pounds this year
• I’m going to exercise every day
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by Miriam Evers, CPCC…
“I’ve had enough,” Carol exploded. “It’s been a bad week: I’ve lost my favourite scarf, my house is a mess, my teenage son is failing school, and my husband spends all his time working or watching TV.” She burst into tears. “And when I stepped on the scale this morning, I’d [...]

by Marilyn Rodriguez… An affirmation is a statement that is being declared as something to be true as defined in the dictionary. So how come so many affirmations do not work? The problem with affirmations does not lie within the affirmation. An affirmation MUST click with you. It must resonate with you. It must feel true…

by Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D…

This is an excerpt from the BBC News Health article on Friday, July 3, 2009 titled “Self-help ‘makes you feel worse’” based on findings in a study appearing in the journal Psychological Science:
“ Repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people, such as individuals with high [...]