Self-esteem and confidence are not always mutually exclusive. The definition of self-confidence according to Psychology Today is “trusting in one’s ability or aptitude to engage successfully or at least adequately with the world.” A self-assured person rises to new challenges, seizes chances, handles challenging circumstances, and accepts responsibility if and when things go wrong.
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Pediatric Sleep Disorders: How Are They Diagnosed
Sleep problems are widespread in childhood and adolescence and are linked to neurocognitive, psychosocial, and carer load increases. Sleep issues can manifest in many different ways in infants, kids, and teenagers, and they frequently have a considerable negative impact on many different elements of daytime functioning. While issues with evening settling and frequent overnight
Five Steps for Conducting a Transformational Coaching Session
Being a transformation coach is a fulfilling profession that will not only help you achieve your personal goals but also enable you to assist a great number of people in doing the same. It doesn’t have to be hard, perplexing, or complicated. You may conduct a transformational coaching session with your clients with ease by
Conflict Management Training: Helping Individuals with Anger Management
Introduction: Anger is a strong and healthy emotion, but if it’s not controlled, it can be harmful. Uncontrolled rage frequently results in damaging arguments, strained relationships, and detrimental effects in many different spheres of life. However, conflict management training provides useful tips and tricks to help people deal with their rage in a healthy way.
Time does NOT heal all wounds
As we begin to close out the year, the idea of how we have spent our time always pops up. And unfortunately, most people, during reflection, become a judge and jury, focusing on where they didn’t do enough as opposed to celebrating what they did. You did enough this year, you did exactly what you
Let’s stop over-thinking
We are always co-creating our life and one of the biggest predictors of life satisfaction is creating from a place of desire and love vs. worry, scarcity and fear. Your source of motivation MATTERS. In fact, in may be the single best predictor of life satisfaction and happiness. If we are creating our lives from
Holiday Stress Tips
The holidays are intended to be a time for connection, sharing, gratitude and love. Ironically, for many people, the opposite experience is usually the norm. What happens during the holidays and the way we respond to it can provide us with a lot of wisdom about the parts of ourselves that could use some support
Understanding Our Triggers
Most people spend a LOT of time creating complex and complicated rituals in an attempt to avoid being triggered or have their wounds poked. Unfortunately, the stress that often compounds from trying to navigate and avoid emotional stress triggers actually just makes us feel worse. Additional stress = nervous system spike = feeling worse. Working
Being overly busy is a trauma response
“I will feel better if/when _____ happens” “I’ll be able to rest and relax if/when ____ happens” “I just need _____ to happen and then I’ll be/feel okay” Do any of those phrases sound familiar? Those are some of the natural bi-product thoughts that come from being hyper-vigilant. The trouble is, once one thing is