The book is nothing short of brilliant. If you expect this to be one of the “standard” self-help books, you are in for a surprise. It’s so refreshingly different and fascinating to read. It’s packed with wisdom and I fount it to be so relevant to the issues we all face in our everyday lives. …
“Supersurvivors” is a wonderful and emotional book, full of hope, inspiration, wisdom, and nonetheless—lots of research form the wellness space. Written by David B. Feldman, Ph.D—an associate professor from Santa Clara University in the U.S. and Lee Daniel Kravetz—a post-graduate fellow from Stanford University, journalist, psychologists and a wellbeing speaker, the book is nothing short …
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” Albert Camus Not too long ago, I was assigned to lead a fairly large project at work. It involved heavy interactions with various departments, endless meetings, lots of brainstorming exercises, and more importantly—a need for a skillful and charismatic leader, who can build …
The importance of paying attention to your self-esteem levels Healthy levels of confidence are, without doubt, important to all of us so that we can thrive, dream, and persevere in the face of fear and obstacles. But even more importantly, you must work on repairing your ailing self-esteem for one main reason: Because low sense …
We all, of course, want to be successful. We chase it incessantly, talk, read, write about it, and visualize it. Success feels great, tastes great and can give us an influx of endorphins. It’s a high like no other. So far so good. The culprit, though, is when we mis-interpret what it means to be …
Low self-esteem is often rooted in the past–be it stemming from our upbringing, being pushed too hard, being bullied, comparing ourselves to others, or being in unhealthy relationships. But ignoring it all is not going to solve your woes, nor help you truly move on. unscarred Facing your monsters–no matter how unpleasant or unwanted this …
The most popular test of measuring self-esteem is the so-called Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). It was developed by the American social psychologist and sociologist Morris Rosenberg in 1965 and quickly became the “go-to” way to assess how much we generally like ourselves. The test is very easy and fast to do, produces immediate results, and …
You can’t completely and unconditionally love yourself until you decide that you want to love yourself. Your feelings toward yourself shouldn’t be dependent on someone else’s approval of you, nor on any stereotypes that the world is trying to impose on us all. You should learn to like yourself a bit more, to be kinder …
We tend to forget how much power we hold in our hands. We make a choice every day– to be happy, to be kind, and to be confident. If you lack confidence, just opt for a different choice tomorrow. Decide that you want to be confident, that you want to love yourself more, that are …
In his wonderful book “The Myth of Self-Esteem” (published in 2005), the great American psychologist Albert Ellis talks about the disadvantages of pursuing self-esteem and why there are better alternatives to feel good about ourselves. When we hear the words “self-esteem” and “book” in one sentence, we usually think about the self-help section at the …