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Catch the Good by Michael Miller, PhD

The most powerful change strategy for children’s behavior problems is the parents increasing the focus on positive behavior and reinforcing those behaviors.  A powerful strategy of improving your mood...

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Mental Illness and Unconditional Love

Unconditional love lies at the heart of helping a loved one with mental health issues develop positive self-esteem. But as a society we are geared toward conditional love: in overt and subtle ways, we...

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3 Tips to Improve Your Self Esteem

People who don’t feel good inside can either get in a pattern of abusive relationships, create a climate in their relationships where their partners never feel they can do enough to prove to them they...

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Do You Need Other’s Approval by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

“Oh God, I better not forget what I want to say and make a fool of myself.” “The teacher might think the question I want to ask is a dumb one.” “If I say the wrong thing no one will like me.” “I better...

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5 Simple Steps to Stopping Limiting Beliefs in Their Tracks by Tamarisk...

Call them gremlins, the inner critic, the devil on your shoulder, negative thoughts, mindsets, excuses, self talk, psychological blocks, obstacles — it’s all about the programming you have in your...

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6 Ways to Stop Worrying About the Small Stuff

As much as worry, fear and anxiety have a way of making us believe we have been brought to our knees, much of the worry, fear and anxiety we feel is ultimately not really about life changing,...

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Don’t Beat Yourself Up by Rick Hanson, PhD

Why? Most people know their less than wonderful qualities, such as too much ambition (or too little), a weakness for wine or cookies, something of a temper, or an annoying tendency to rattle on about...

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Tools for Resilience: Cultivating Self Compassion by Linda Graham, MFT

There are tools and techniques of “self-directed neuroplasticity” that will help you harness the capacities of your brain to rewire itself for greater resilience, lifelong – and cultivating self...

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Emotional Health: Preparing for Deeper Work

If you’ve come to realize that your are somehow blocked in your present as a result of experiences in the past – and you are ready to do some work around this – that’s great!  If it’s with a therapist,...

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Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem by Linda Graham, MFT

“People who are compassionate toward their failings and imperfections experience greater well-being that those who repeatedly judge themselves. The feelings of security and net worth provided by...

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