During an interaction, one way to know if you are sticking up for yourself to try and observe what you are paying attention to. Are you paying attention to how you are feeling or to how the other person might feel? If it is the former, then you are on the right track.
Too often, our [...]
There is a notion that praise is generally good for other people’s well-being. However, praise can actually be counterproductive if it causes the person to attach their worth and self-image to it. Below is an article from Dr. Margaret Holmes that I would like to invite you to read.
What Praise Helps and What Praise Harms?
There [...]
In Mike George’s book 1,001 Meditations, a meditation entitled ‘Rock in the River’ is mentioned. This is particularly great if you have a small kid. What you do is you sit on the floor and then you invite your child to sit on your lap. You then spend at least five minutes in silence, together.You [...]
What does it mean when we say that we have ‘given up ourselves’. Below are some examples which I think many of us might be able to relate to”
Allowing someone to blame us for the sake of keeping peace.
Giving up on our dreams because someone else wants us to do something.
Not pursuing something we would [...]
In a previous entry, we had a brief introduction on the inner child. I would like to invite you now to try this simple exercise in inviting your inner child and to observe what happens.
1. Sit down in a comfortable position, preferably somewhere where you can have lots of quiet time.
2. Gently focus on your breathing.
3. Imagine [...]
Some of you may already be familiar with the idea of the inner child. In its simplest sense, the inner child is that younger part of ourselves. In fact, it seems more appropriate to call it or them inner children. If you’ve ever read Chicken Soup for the Soul, a compilation of inspiring stories, one [...]
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