How is the Individuation Process Related to Self Esteem Activities?

First of all, what is individuation? Individuation is a process of separation from the identities that others have told you about who you are. This process is a self esteem activity because it increases your self worth and self esteem by claiming your uniqueness and your values. The more you know yourself and your unique voice and qualities, the more able you are to know your expertices and your limits and the better to navigate in your world. There are different individuation processes…

Why Do People Lie? The Importance of Communication

We’ve all lied at sometime. We’ve all been lied to. We even lie to ourselves? We believe in being honest, so…why do people lie? The importance of communication can shed some light on this situation. As teenagers, we probably have all lied to our parents at some point. We lie to get our own way, but behind that is that we didn’t want to get a no or have our parents angry or upset with us. As adults, we may lie to our personal and primary relationships. We lie in two ways:

What Are Some More Self Esteem Activities?

Four Self esteem activities to increase your feelings of self worth and self-confidence.

What Are Some Self-Esteem Activities?

Do you ever feel like everyone seems to take advantage of you? They seem to ‘take’ but rarely ‘give’ back to you when you need help? It feels like a one way street! If you answered yes, then you need to build your self esteem up. You need some Self esteem activities.

The Importance of Communication and How Can I Improve My Communication?

So, we need to be able to talk to others about what’s going on with us, and to ask for what we want, and to let people know when they effect our feelings.

And this can be scary. It is sometimes easier to get mad at someone for not at least guessing what we want rather than be vulnerable and expose ourselves and later be rejected, possibly. But this creates intimacy, when tell our truth.

And so one of the most important skills is to communicate in a way that does not accuse or blame the other person.

Here are some important points to effective communication:

What is Codependency?

What is codependency? Well…It can have different descriptions. Do you ever feel that you get lost in a crowd?

When someone asks you what you think, you don’t know what you think? Do you easily pick up other people’s feelings and not know what you feel? Are you a really good listener but no one asks you what you think? Do you always offer to help and have difficulty accepting help from others? These are some signs of codependency.
One simple technique to help create boundaries for yourself is…