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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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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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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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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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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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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