Finding and Building Self-Worth
Sit and think for a moment on the times when you were proud of yourself or felt the best about yourself. What do these moments have in common? What are some differences between these moments? Now, in those moments, were your positive feelings about yourself linked to: A.) A personal accomplishment. B.) A professional goal; […]
Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever sat in on a conference call, lead a meeting, or answered a question and thought to yourself “I have no idea what I’m doing”? How about this scenario, you get a promotion at work, but your internal monologue tells you that it was a mistake, that you are not qualified or that […]
Perfectionism
Contrary to popular belief, the concept of perfectionism is not based on the idea of being perfect, but rather the fear of failure. It is a constant feeling of not being good enough. Curran and Hill (2015) defined perfectionism as “an irrational desire to achieve along with being overly critical of oneself and others.” On […]
Confidence
Have you ever met someone who just emanated confidence with every fiber of their being? Or the opposite, have you ever met someone who was so full of self-doubt that you could feel it? Maybe you are one of these people, or maybe like the rest of us, you are somewhere in between. If you […]
Sleep
“Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary laborer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing.” – WS, Macbeth The joy and importance of sleep has been known among humans since well before […]
Ending Negative Patterns and Creating New, Healthy Patterns
Until we are able to identify patterns in our lives, we won’t be able to see some of the negative patterns that may have developed. In addition to being able to identify negative patterns of others, you can use your powers of identification for yourself too. Identifying both positive and negative patterns in your thinking […]
Recognizing Patterns
“The best thing we have going for us is our intelligence,especially pattern recognition, sharpened over eons of evolution.”– Neil deGrasse Tyson Recognizing a pattern in your life for the first time is like getting your first pair of glasses. Once you recognize a pattern, things around it start to fall into place. Research indicates that […]
Decision Making
We have all been faced with a situation that we just cannot figure out the answer to. Different facets of psychology offer many different explanations and methods for making decisions. Let’s look at a few of them: In industrial and organizational psychology, leaders are often divided into four decision-making styles: The Directive, The Analytical, The […]
Dreams
If you have ever had a strange or interesting dream, there is a good chance that you have thought to yourself “what did that mean?”. Dream interpretation has been around since the origin of psychology and cannot be discussed without the inclusion of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Freudian psychoanalysis and dream interpretation emphasized the […]
Finding Self
Are you the version of yourself that you have always wanted to be? Or are you a version of yourself that was formed, molded and shaped by those around you? Finding a strong sense of self can be difficult in a world that is constantly telling you what to do, who to be, what to look […]