Self-Improvement Archives

How to Challenge Your Beliefs & Discover Your Inner Truths

Can a lie feel like it’s true? How can you tell when something you believe is false? How can you recognize the truth? Martha Beck argues that the only way to overcome the chronic misery of misalignment with your true self is through a four-stage process of realignment. The second stage is challenging your false beliefs and recognizing your inner truths. Let’s unpack Beck’s methods for challenging your beliefs—exposing what’s false and uncovering what’s true.

How to Develop Good Habits: 3 Helpful Tips

Do you want to know how to develop good habits? More importantly, how do you make sure you don’t fall off track once a habit is successfully established? When it comes to developing good habits, consistency is key: You must show up enough times for your brain to internalize a behavior and make it near-automatic. Once the habit is established, the work is not over: Maintaining healthy habits is an ongoing effort. Here are a few tips for increasing your chances of successfully starting and maintaining habits.

Why You Should Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

How can you stop comparing yourself to others? Why is it so important to stop? According to Steven Bartlett, you can’t find happiness, love, and wealth by simply following three steps and a hack or two. In Happy Sexy Millionaire, he explains why the internet, social media, and algorithms have dazzled you into comparing yourself to others and why it’s important to stop. Keep reading for Bartlett’s advice on how to stop comparing yourself to others.

Happiness and Love: How Joy Depends on Loving Unconditionally

What’s the connection between happiness and love? How is unconditional love different from other emotions? How is it practiced? To find enduring happiness, you must practice unconditional love. That’s the view of Mo Gawdat as presented in his book Solve for Happy. He explains what unconditional love is and offers advice on how to practice it. Continue reading to learn how joy depends on loving unconditionally and how to cultivate this trait in your life.

Personal Change Management: 4 Ways to Navigate the New You

How can you embrace and foster positive change in your life? What should you expect in your journey of transformation? When you commit yourself to a life of integrity, you’ll change. Martha Beck shares four ways to leverage that transformation for maximum impact: embrace the unknown, embrace unity and connectedness, find a higher purpose, and spread alignment (integrity) to others. Read more to understand these aspects of personal change management and learn how to put them to work in your life.

Organize Tomorrow Today: Book Overview

What is Organize Tomorrow Today about? What is the key message to take away from the book? If you often find yourself overwhelmed by your task list and obligations, Organize Tomorrow Today can help. You’ll learn how to increase your productivity by prioritizing, preparing for, and executing your tasks every day. Below is a brief overview of the key takeaways from Organize Tomorrow Today: 8 Ways to Retrain Your Mind to Optimize Performance at Work and in Life.

What Are the Negative Effects of Alcohol Advertising?

What are the negative effects of alcohol advertising? How does alcohol marketing harm people? Holly Whitaker’s book Quit Like a Woman points out the many ways people are encouraged to drink, even if it ends in horrible consequences. Alcohol marketing is used to persuade vulnerable people into drinking, but it could result in alcoholism. Check out how alcohol companies advertise addiction to sell their products.

How to Live With Integrity: 5 Ways to Be True to Yourself

When it comes to being true to yourself, what role do habits play? What price do you pay for living with integrity? Martha Beck shares five techniques for being true to yourself in her book The Way of Integrity. She discusses committing to telling the truth, focusing on making small adjustments, focusing on your yearning, enjoying the benefits of integrity, and forgiving yourself for violating your integrity. Continue reading for Beck’s five-part advice on how to live with integrity.

The Psychology of Habit Formation: How to Train Your Brain

How do behaviors become habits? What can you do to make your brain internalize new habits faster? Habits are patterns of behavior that become more or less established in your daily life depending on how often you engage in the behavior. If you frequently reinforce a habit through your choices, it’ll get stronger. If you engage in the behavior less frequently, the habit will get weaker. Keep reading to learn about the psychology of habits.

3 Qualities of a Good Mentor Who Will Help You Find Yourself

What are the qualities of a good mentor? Should you look for someone who helps you know how or what to think? Martha Beck contends that we fall out of alignment with our true selves by internalizing false beliefs from our culture. She argues that the path to realignment begins with discovering and recognizing these false beliefs. She advises you to find an integrity mentor to help you on this journey. Keep reading to discover what Beck thinks you should look for when selecting an integrity mentor.