How do you know if you have healthy self-esteem? You can quickly tell whether or not you have good self-esteem by paying attention to the choices you make. If you are confident in your worth and value, you will choose relationships with people who treat you kindly. You will choose jobs that appreciate what you…
What kind of a mindset do you need to persevere through life’s challenges? I have been focusing on perseverance quite a bit recently, as I started a new project I have never done before. I have been thinking about the mindset required to be successful at completing this one-year commitment I am embarking on. To…
Are you having difficulty maintaining positive thoughts, or staying motivated to continue working toward your goals? Many people have shared with me how the past year during the pandemic has taken a toll on them emotionally. Now, more than ever we need skills to boost our mental health so we can still trickle with joy…
Were you one of the twenty- one million Americans who tested positive for Covid-19? I got the news that I tested positive on Christmas eve. Merry Christmas! Although I continued to remain asymptomatic throughout the duration- like forty to fifty percent of the positive cases (1), many people have experienced mild to moderate symptoms, and…
Are you one of the many people struggling to stay positive and healthy with all the negative fallout from the Covid-19? You may be bombarded by negative news updates, or sense the fear on the masked faces when you accidentally get closer than 6 feet from someone. Social media posts are evidence of our disunity…
My mother and father were both victims of childhood neglect and abuse growing up. Their unhealed maltreatment carried over to how they parented my siblings and me. My father would whip my mother, my siblings and me with his belt if we did not obey him. He would also yell, call us demeaning names, and…
My brother unexpectedly died 11 months ago from two blood clots in his lungs. He was only 56 years old. It has been an incredibly difficult loss for me, because of how close we were. I have been through several losses over the years, but losing my brother has been the most heartbreaking. I continue…
Did you know that depression affects more than 16 million Americans and is the leading cause of disability worldwide? Most people have experienced depressive symptoms several times throughout their life, especially if they are going through a loss, or a significant disappointment in life. If your symptoms of depression last more than a year it…