Here, the post “Increase your self-esteem by separating shame from guilt” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings. Increase your self-esteem by separating shame from guilt: The innate emotion shame is often expressed as humiliation. There are different types of shame which correspond to activating different levels of helpful/…
This post is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings. Increase your self-esteem by learning from your fear: Here, the post continues with important questions to ask yourself after an exposure: Which feelings did you get, how strong did they each get, how long did they each last? Which were…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to your fears” is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings. Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to your fears: Here, the post continues with how to make an actual imaginative exposure to manage fear. If you feel fragile or have been…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by developing your defense mechanisms” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by getting to know and manage your feelings. Increase your self-esteem by developing your defense mechanisms: As mentioned earlier, a defence mechanism is a psychological strategy. It is a manner of thinking and behaving, that we…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by asserting your anger” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by getting to know and manage your emotions. Increase your self-esteem by asserting your anger: Here is an example of how anger can be transformed into healthy self-assertion. Examples of the 8 steps: 1 Note the…
Today’s post continues with strategies for reducing stronger anxiety and strong emotions as well. Try this: 1.Notice that you have anxiety or a specific feeling by naming it 2.Identify where you notice the anxiety or the feeling in the body and how strong it is on a scale 1 = barely noticeable to 10 =…
The posts of last weeks have been about our relationship pattern which affects our ability to take care of and calm our emotions as well as impacts our self-worth. This connection is to a large extent based on childhood experiences which also impacts our expectations of to what degree we can depend on and…
Earlier posts have been about how the interaction between a child and caretakers creates internal models for relationships that tend to be repeated in other close relationships and also colors the child’s basic attitude to others and also to self. This happens because the internal models develop into generalized expectations of how the child will…
Earlier posts have been about how the interaction with a child and caretakers creates internal working models for relationships that tends to be repeated in other close relationships and also colors the child’s basic attitude to others and also to the self. The quality and resulting patterns of these models are also believed to affect…
Today’s post is about the driving forces behind these emotions and how they can contribute to stress and exhaustion. There are many factors that make exhausted persons easily become too active when they are trying to heal their stress injuries. This can delay the healing process and prolong the suffering. In earlier posts…