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I remember once when I was in my late teens and one of my friends betrayed me. It escalated to the point where she even spread false rumors about me to my other friends. I was so hurt I couldn’t see through the pain, let
Why the work we do on ourselves helps others too
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learning to love yourself, self love, self-compassion, self-esteem
When faced with a threat our reptilian brain kicks in and throws us into flight fight or freeze mode. This is an automatic and instinctive response built into us from millennia ago when we had to scavenge for food and fight off lions to survive. The
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anxiety, fear, fight, flight, freeze, personal development, self help, self improvement, threat
Like anyone I’ve felt guilty from time to time. Interestingly I have a long standing history of confusing guilt for shame. When researching for this month’s series article on self-compassion I had an aha moment when I realized guilt was very different to shame. Shame
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compassion, guilt, personal development, self help, self improvement, shame
How to deal with shame
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guilt, learning to love yourself, self love, self-compassion, self-esteem, shame
Like anyone, I’ve had my angry moments. One of the things I learnt in treatment was that often our anger comes from when our rights have been violated. For example, I have the right to my own opinions and beliefs. Has anyone ever imposed their
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anger, assertiveness, boundaries, rights, setting boundaries
I recently wrote an article on kindness titled 'What's in it for me? The transformative power of kindness and its inextricable link to long-term happiness'. Whilst researching for the article I came across the idea of leaving your favorite book on a bus with a
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gift off, kindness, kindness gift off, london tube, the kindness project
Goodness knows I have had my fair share of depression. It is a dark and often very lonely place to be and when I was depressed myself I certainly recognized no redemptive features of it. My personal breakthrough came when I realized that it was
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breakthrough, change, depression, life conditions
I have to admit, the first time I used compassionate self talk I was totally embarrassed and self-conscious. Even though I said it in my head I couldn’t help but feel silly. And then the strangest thing happened. I actually felt soothed, I felt understood
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inner critic, self esteem, self talk, self-compassion
How to manage your inner critic when it arises
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