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Belief Burn

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on February 27, 2014 by RachelFebruary 27, 2014

As I am building my empowerment coaching business, I often feel overwhelmed, lonely, and scared. I try to reach out to others – only to be met with resistance, possibly because others are just as scared and don’t feel comfortable …
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Posted in Personal, Transition | Tagged change, habit thinking, mindfulness, self-worth, shame | Leave a reply

What to do?!?

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on February 8, 2014 by RachelMarch 27, 2016

I’ve started reading SHAM, a book by Steve Salerno about the self-help and actualization movement. Even though I knew it would likely exasperate the crisis that’s been brewing in me, I also knew that I have to read it. I …
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Posted in Skeptical musings, Transition | Tagged self-doubts, self-help, self-worth | 1 Reply

Meaning and Value

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on October 21, 2013 by RachelOctober 30, 2013

As I struggle to find my way in the morass that is modernity (oh that sounds fancy, doesn’t it?), I am bumping once again into the walls of individualism. Ever since reading Eva Illouz’ book Why Love Hurts, I have …
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Posted in Transition | Tagged being valued, individualism, integrity, meaning, modernity, self-worth | Leave a reply

Cognitive Dissonance

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on April 1, 2013 by RachelMarch 27, 2016

I have long been fascinated with cognitive dissonance because it is behind a lot of troubling behavior in the stereotype arena. Cognitive dissonance arises when we hold two contradictory thoughts (technically “cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions”). For example, …
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Posted in Personal | Tagged capitalism, self-worth | 8 Replies

Self-Judgments

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on September 10, 2012 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I am an expert at self-judgments. Almost nothing i do comes without that critical voice’s overlay that points out something that i am not doing right. As i try to live my life outside of social norms more and more, …
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Posted in Healing tools, Lebensexperiment | Tagged cultural trauma, Donald Rothberg, self-judgment, self-worth, Tara Brach | 2 Replies

Loneliness

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on July 22, 2012 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I have been struggling with loneliness lately. It’s probably been exacerbated by my bout with hypothyroidism because i just don’t have the energy to maintain connections – and i am guessing i also damaged a few because i reacted out …
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Posted in Lebensexperiment, Singles By Choice | Tagged community, couplemania, friendship, loneliness, longing, self-doubts, self-worth, singlism | 7 Replies

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