Self-Improvement Archives

Understanding the Effects of Low Self-Esteem

Do you suffer from low self-esteem? How does having low self-esteem affect your life outcomes? Just as healthy self-esteem benefits you, poor self-esteem harms you. Having low self-esteem causes you to behave in ways that further erode your self-esteem, diminish your happiness, and create problems in your relationships and work. Many people don’t even realize they have low self-esteem because it can be concealed by a false sense of confidence that may ultimately cause greater harm. Learn about the negative effects of low self-esteem.

The Big Leap: Quotes by Gay Hendricks

Are you looking for The Big Leap quotes by Gay Hendricks? What are some of the most noteworthy passages worth revisiting? In The Big Leap, Hendricks asserts that, while we all have an innate call toward our most successful and fulfilling life, even highly successful people are often plagued by an inability to achieve beyond a certain self-imposed limit. This is because of the “happiness threshold”—the maximum amount of happiness you’re comfortable with. Below is a selection of quotes with explanations.

The Connection Between Gut Health and Mental Health

What is the connection between gut health and mental health? How do gut bacteria influence your mood? One of the emerging fields of research in gastroenterology (the study of the gut) is the connection between gut health and mental health. While most of these studies have been done on animals, there have been some human studies that show certain bacteria can decrease depressive moods. Keep reading to learn more about how gut health can affect your mental health.

Nathaniel Branden on Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

What does self-awareness have to do with self-esteem? How can living with self-awareness make you feel better about yourself? Living with awareness improves your self-esteem by developing your self-efficacy: You react appropriately to your reality, so you make better decisions. With each good decision you make, you gather evidence that you’re capable—which increases your confidence that you’ll be capable in the future, and thus your self-esteem. Keep reading to learn about the connection between self-awareness and self-esteem.

How to Heal From Childhood Trauma & Take Ownership

Can you heal yourself from generational trauma? How can you root out inherited trauma once and for all? Moving beyond childhood trauma is liberating and empowering. To do so, you can practice four healing rituals that will bring serenity into your life: visualizing positive images, mending broken relationships, planting a tree, and volunteering. Here’s how to heal from childhood trauma, according to inherited trauma expert Mark Wolynn.

Success Guilt: Do You Downplay Your Success?

Do you often find yourself downplaying your success? Why do people feel guilty about becoming successful? Many people feel the need to downplay their successes to avoid making other people look bad or feel bad about themselves. Further, they may even subconsciously self-sabotage to protect those whom they believe will be hurt by their success. Keep reading to learn about the psychology of success guilt, according to Gay Hendricks.

Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks: An Overview

What is Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks about? What is the key message to take away from the book? In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman argues that the idea that you can wield perfect control over your time is a delusion that only fosters guilt and unhappiness. His solution is for humans to accept that they only have a finite amount of time and to operate within realistic parameters to make their lives as enjoyable and meaningful as possible. Below is a brief overview of Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman.

3 Psychological Benefits of High Self-Esteem

Do you consider yourself a person of high self-esteem? What are the psychological benefits of high self-esteem? High self-esteem benefits every area of your life and makes you generally happier. People who think highly of themselves will chase more ambitious goals and are more likely to achieve them. Keep reading to learn how self-esteem correlates positively with several traits that improve happiness.

The Upper Limit Problem: Why You Feel Stuck in Life

Do you feel stuck? Do you feel as though something is missing in your life, even though you can’t put your finger on what exactly it is? Many people are plagued internally by a sense that there’s something missing in their life. If this sounds like you, you may be unconsciously limiting yourself by the “Upper Limit Problem”—an internal threshold for the maximum degree of success and happiness you’ll allow yourself to experience. According to Gay Hendricks, you get closer to this threshold as you progress further through levels of success. Here’s how Hendricks defines levels of life success and

Are You Living in Awareness or Denial?

Do you feel you are living from a place of awareness or denial? What does it mean to live in awareness? When you live in awareness, you look for information about the external and internal realities that affect your life, accept them, and act accordingly. For example, you take control of your finances by checking your bank account and adjusting your budget as needed. If you don’t look for information about these realities, you’re not living in awareness—you’re choosing ignorance and denying reality on some level. Keep reading to learn what living in awareness is and why it’s important.