Jul 10, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Pure Joy and Elation When I was getting my psychology degree I learned about Abraham Mazlow’s concept of peak experiences. Mazlow described peak experiences as transcendent moments of pure joy and elation. It was one of my favorite psychological concepts though...
Jun 26, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Step out of overwhelm by walking away from stress even if just for a while. I’ve yet to meet a woman either personally or professionally who isn’t hard on herself about getting things done. “I still need to get to the grocery store,” or...
Jun 19, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
She is 17 and she walks into my office with a depressed look on her face. She says, “this is going to be a bad summer for me.” I ask her why and she says, “because I’m going to have to lose weight before I go to the beach with my...
Jun 11, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
Finding Happiness Within Recently I posted a meme on Facebook that said, “On particularly rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that’s...
May 9, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be an author. Books were my joy, my escape, my adventure, and my friend when things got tough. As I got older, slowly my dream of becoming an author faded as I took on the “have tos” and “shoulds” that seem to come...
Apr 7, 2014 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem |
Since I was young a mean girl has viciously bullied me. She criticizes my appearance; she is condescending, rude, and terribly cruel. The mean girl tells me that I’m stupid, I should give up, and that my ass is too fat and my legs are too bumpy. She’s criticized my...
