A long time ago, I wrote a blog article called “Low Self Esteem Is the Root of All Problems.” Re-reading it a decade+ later, I am impressed by what I had figured out on my own through personal experience and thinking. But while low self esteem is the root …
I don’t dislike the tradition of New Year’s Resolutions. We humans need milestones to chunk up continuous flow like time. So we can wrap our heads around a particular period, reflect, evaluate, and set intentions. That said, like many I struggle with goal setting. Many have gone unaccomplished — …
I am still constantly blown away by how strong our need for validation is, and how powerfully it affects us. Little kids come to us saying “look! Look at what I did!” What they’re really saying is “validate me!” It seems that there is a certain “amount” of …
Many of us are conditioned to believe that we are not worth anything. As we are, we are not presentable, we shouldn’t show up. We are allowed to see the light of day only when we are presentable and have something to offer. So we hide and keep the world …
In a true INFJ (Myers-Briggs personality type) fashion, I’ve been thinking about this. Why do I exist? I spent all my adult life trying to fix a problem: that my life would be a failure, if I didn’t work hard enough to fix it. Think about that for a moment. …