Loving Yourself by Cherishing Your High Sensitivity

If you are a highly sensitive person, or if you are partnered with a highly sensitive person, it’s vitally important to understand this essence gift. . . . → Read More: Loving Yourself by Cherishing Your High Sensitivity

Loving Yourself Means Turning the Other Cheek

Turning the other cheek can mean different things to different people. Discover a meaning that you might not have previously considered. . . . → Read More: Loving Yourself Means Turning the Other Cheek

How To Love Yourself When Someone Is Being A Victim

Do you know how to love yourself in the face of someone complaining to you and being a victim? . . . → Read More: How To Love Yourself When Someone Is Being A Victim

Do You Fear Happiness?

Do you fear feeling happy because of the pain that might follow?

I’m certain that if someone asked you if you want to be happy, you would say “Yes, of course!” Yet research indicates that many people have a fear of happiness. Anna North, in an article entitled “Beware of Joy”, states that, “Fear of happiness is that creeping feeling that you shouldn’t get too comfortable, because something bad is bound to happen.”

I wouldn’t call this a fear of happiness. I would call it a fear of pain. It’s not the happiness that people want to avoid, but the pain that they fear will follow it.

The article goes on to state that, “At Scientific American, Tori Rodriguez looks at the downsides of fear of happiness: Continue reading Do You Fear Happiness?

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Do You Make People Up?

Do you often see people as you want them to be rather than as they are? Has this caused you problems in your relationships?

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” —Anais Nin

A variation on the above quote might be, “We don’t see people as they are – . . . → Read More: Do You Make People Up?

Embracing Panic

Discover how to manage panic in a way that allows it to dissipate rather than escalate.

“That’s the strange thing about panic – when we lean into it, it loosens it’s grip on us.” Daniel Siegel, M.D.

“The power of reflection allows us to approach, rather than withdraw, from, whatever life brings us. And when . . . → Read More: Embracing Panic