if it feels like it’s you vs the world, it’s really just you vs yourself.
In the mid-1990s, psychologist Roy Baumeister began researching the concept of evil. Basically, he looked at people who do bad things and...
Wrong and Wronger
Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You...
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
The Practice of Personal Integrity
When a breach of integrity wounds self-esteem, only the practice of integrity can heal it.
At the simplest level, personal integrity entails
The Practice of Self-Responsibility
Taking responsibility for my happiness is empowering. It places my life back in my own hands. Ahead of taking this responsibility, I may ima
The Practice of Self-Assertiveness
Note that self-assertiveness should not be confused with mindless rebelliousness. "Self-assertiveness" without consciousness is no
Fear of Self-Assertiveness
Persons with an underdeveloped sense of identity often tell themselves, if I express myself, I may evoke disapproval. If I love and affirm m