c4 - anger

When confronted with a threat, most creatures rely on one of three methods of survival: fight, flight, or freeze. Human beings are no differ

The Philosophy of Self-Esteem

What people think, what they believe, what they tell themselves, influences what they feel and what they do. In turn, they experience what t

When a breach of integrity wounds self-esteem, only the practice of integrity can heal it. At the simplest level, personal integrity entails

Taking responsibility for my happiness is empowering. It places my life back in my own hands. Ahead of taking this responsibility, I may ima

Note that self-assertiveness should not be confused with mindless rebelliousness. "Self-assertiveness" without consciousness is no

Persons with an underdeveloped sense of identity often tell themselves, if I express myself, I may evoke disapproval. If I love and affirm m

If self-esteem pertains to the experience of our fundamental competence and value, pride pertains to the more explicitly conscious pleasure