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Why We Deflect Compliments and Positive Messages, and How to Take Them In Many of us hesitate to accept compliments or positive messages about ourselves. Some of us even outright deflect or reject them....
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There are so many of us who didn't get the kind of nurturance and love that we needed as children - the kind of nurturance that our society associates with mothers. Not having received that nurturance or...
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"Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explo...
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Dreams. What are dreams? Dreams are soul food. Dreams are things that give us hope. And when they come true, they often give us joy and happiness. Dreams are important for us to hold onto, and to follow....
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I don't know about you, but I find that negative or hurtful messages zing their way into me faster and easier than positive ones. If, in an hour, seven people gave me real, glowing compliments and one pe...
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Negative or critical voices can interfere with you feeling good about yourself - or feeling good at all. Sometimes those critical voices become so loud that they're all you can hear - and you miss out on...
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Depression can be debilitating, and painful to endure. Once depressed, it is easy to keep spiraling further down. But there are many things that can help when you're feeling down, even if only a little -...
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It can be hard to find a little piece of inner calm - especially when things are hard. You probably know how much better you feel when you take time to find that calm place inside - but how many of us ac...
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Techniques to Help You Feel Better It's hard to be depressed, sad, anxious, or in emotional pain. And while it can be healthy not to run away from our feelings, or to be able to feel and express them, it...
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Have you smelled a flower lately? I mean really smelled one, stood there and took in the scent as it coursed through your body, looked at its delicate petals, its color and shape, and felt its beauty and...
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Have you ever done this: You're upset, you're having a hard time - and you keep it to yourself. You don't call a friend because you think you shouldn't burden them with your problems. Or you don't even g...
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12 Ways to Improve Your Body Image and Self-Esteem Most of us, especially girls and women, are assaulted with negative messages about our bodies on a regular basis by magazines and newspapers, advertisem...
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How many times have you done something you didn't really want to? If you're like me, it's probably a lot of times. There are many reasons we agree to do things we don't want to - thinking that we have to...
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