Tag Archives: personal development

Persistence: Playing a Poor Hand Well

Are you allowing the hand you were dealt to determine what you do in life, or are you willing to make the best of a poor hand? “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London Research indicates that holding good cards is actually of...

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Are you Inspiring or Gloomy?

Do you inspire others with your caring energy, or do you bring others down with your misery? “You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.” –Julia Child,...

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Discover Your Level of Narcissism

All of us have some characteristics and behaviors that fall into the category of narcissism. Narcissism is on a continuum from mild, occasional, and subtle to the more ubiquitous, obvious or extreme behaviors of a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Since narcissism is likely a part of everyone’s ego wounded self, it is helpful to your personal...

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Do You Chase When Someone Withdraws?

A member of our website asked this question in our advice section: I’ve read several of the articles on the site, but have not seen anything mentioned about “chasing” after someone who is pulling away in a relationship. That has to be a form of protection against deeper feelings, though, right? If someone is pulling...

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The Law of Attraction – It’s About Frequency

Many of us have heard of the Law of Attraction – that like attracts like. However, many are confused about what this really means. In my experience, like attracts like means that like frequency attracts like frequency. My high frequency attracts the things I want and my low frequency attracts the things I don’t want....

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