The only invisible defect that you have to remove is the belief that you have one. It is tantamount to viewing yourself as ‘damaged goods’, making it hard for you to love and accept yourself and making it doubly hard for others as well.
-Nadine
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 [...]
Whenever you encounter rejection from people or from anyplace at all, always remember that there will always be somewhere where you are welcome, people who will always stand by you and support you, even if you haven’t met them yet.
There is always love for you.
One of the best ways to expedite healing is by means of laughter. We all have our own brand of humour and in difficult times, they can be a great solace. Aside from that, they also help foster connection not only between you and others but also between you and yourself. Laughter is also one [...]
Many of us have been taught to go through life in a hurried, frenzied manner. Even worse, we may have even been taught to hurry ourselves up to make room for others. This in itself is not a bad thing in certain cases or in situations where it is a necessity. But to constantly do [...]
Consider these words from Desmond Tutu regarding human freedom:
Freedom is so much a part of the human makeup that it is not too far-fetched to say that an un-free human being is, in a sense a contradiction in terms. The ideal society is one in which its members enjoy their freedom to be human freely, provided [...]
We have pets in our house and it amazes me to watch how they connect with each other at times. Now we don’t really have all types of animals in our house (although we might as well), but we do have dogs and cats. Seeing how they bond, especially the mothers and their little ones, [...]
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 [...]
I used to ’not like’ rain. I felt very lonely and sad whenever it rained. Ironically, though, I also developed this rain meditation early on. Since I resisted rain so much, I decided to experiment with just letting it be. You can also try this yourself, particularly if it’s raining just a bit too hard.
1. Simply sit down [...]
Ever browsed through old albums and found a picture of yourself when you were a kid? Or have you ever stumbled upon a picture of your younger self, perhaps stashed in an old diary, by accident?
Pictures tell us so much. Our inner world is reflected by how we appear. And when we get a part of ourselves [...]
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