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Tag: Self-Esteem
Meaning and Self-Esteem: How Low Self-Esteem Contributes to Chronic Boredom and an Inability to Find Your Purpose
So much of my life was wasted. Growing up with an anxiety disorder, or several, made me want to run … More
Genuine Humility: Why Accepting Our Flaws Also Requires a Cultural Shift
In common language, humility is defined as being the state of having a low assessment of one’s value. Considered to … More
Am I a Bad Person?: Examining the Importance of Knowing the Difference Between Guilt and Shame
I once asked someone I knew what was likelier, that she happened to have possessed the most undesirable qualities or … More
Displaced Anger: How We Can Stop Blaming Others for Our Negative Thoughts and Emotions
If maturity is anything, it’s a mastery of one’s emotions. The other day, someone told me a story about how … More
Hero Worship As Self-Hatred: How Admiration Can Reveal Your Self-Esteem
“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.” -Muhammed Ali … More
The Jaws of Certainty: How Our Low Self-Esteem Pushes Love Away
Evidence can be tricky. We often think of science as a purely objective endeavor, supported by the analysis of an … More
Bursting the Bubble of Inadequacy: Shifting Our Distorted Beliefs to Love Ourselves
We fear our thoughts more so than reality. The cognitive model of psychotherapy posits that our ideas about ourselves, others, … More
In Defense of Anger and Pride: How Negative Emotions Can Be Healthy
Anger and pride, in most religious traditions, are conceived of as engendering vices, corrosive feelings that cause us to react … More
All Roads Lead to Self-Love: How the Desire for Self-Esteem Permeates Most of What We Do
Reducing human complexity to any one particular source is usually fruitless and misleading; the most that we can do is … More
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