Cutting – Part 2
If you haven't read it, see part 1 here! Find new coping techniques Self-harm is your way of dealing with feelings and difficult situations. So if you’re going to stop, you need to have alternative ways of coping in place so you can respond differently when you start...
Cutting – Part 1
Self-harm, or an injury inflicted on oneself, often by cutting or burning, is generally a sign of intense inner turmoil, anxiety, and/or suppressed emotions. Self-injuring behavior is not the same as a suicide attempt: Though some individuals who self-harm may attempt...
How to Handle the Adult Bully
In the simplest terms, bullying means one person, or group of persons, being deliberately cruel to another person or group, for any reason. Although childhood bullies are usually quite easy to spot, adult bullies can be sly, subtle, and difficult to expose. A...
10 Tips for Nurturing Happiness
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle The winter holiday season has arrived. We are all hoping for, looking for, deeply longing for, just a bit of happiness in the season. But, can we find happiness? What is the real stuff made of? Not the illusion that...
22 Steps for Higher Self Esteem: Part 2
Use healthier motivation habits. To make the inner critic less useful for yourself and that voice weaker and at the same time motivate yourself to take action and raise your self-esteem it is certainly helps to have healthy motivation habits. A few that I have used to...
22 Steps for Higher Self Esteem: Part 1
People with a good and healthy self-esteem are able to feel good about themselves for who they are, appreciate their own worth, and take pride in their abilities and accomplishments. They also acknowledge that while they’re not perfect and have faults, those faults...
Coping Strategies for the Highly Sensitive Person
The list below are some of the suggested Coping Strategies that Dr. Zeff teaches for the Highly Sensitive Person, they are taken from the website http://drtedzeff.com/tips/coping/ Create a Daily Routine Your morning routine will set the tone for your day while your...
5 Ways to Form Stronger Attachment with Your Children
Attachment, the pull of two people towards one another, is at the heart of relationships, whether or not we are aware of it. When all is in order, we can simply follow our instincts. But something has changed; societal structures for healthy child-parent attachments...