Self-Improvement – Page 2

How to reveal your hidden potential and be happy & successful: tips and strategies for brain power, spiritual growth and personal development

What Is Etheric Body and How to Clear and Strengthen It

By Becky Storey|2020-03-08T13:29:10+02:00March 8th, 2020|Categories: Self-Improvement, Spirituality|Tags: aura, chakras, meditation, mind-body connection, vibration|

Your etheric body plays an important role in how you feel and how you think. Your physical wellbeing and mental health are closely connected, and both rely heavily on the health and strength of your etheric body. If it is weakened, then you probably aren’t feeling so great either. Spending a little time taking care [...]

6 Cognitive Effects That Distort the Way You Think

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-03-06T16:28:43+02:00March 6th, 2020|Categories: Human Brain, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement, Self-Knowledge & Personality Tests|Tags: cognitive bias, mental health, negative thinking, self-analysis|

Cognitive effects can distort the way you think, increase anxiousness, and lead to numerous other difficulties. However, they are usually thought patterns viewing reality in an inaccurate and, typically, negative way. An example might be thinking “I am the unluckiest person on the planet”. As a result of this sort of thinking, or when experiencing [...]

5 Signs Toxic Shame Is Taking Over Your Life & How to Stop It

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-03-05T13:22:19+02:00March 5th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: guilt, mental health, negative thinking, self-esteem, trauma|

It’s not wrong to feel ashamed about something, but it is wrong to harbor toxic shame. How can we stop doing this? If you do something wrong, it’s perfectly normal to feel a little shame. But some of us struggle with the trap of unhealthy shame that always keeps us repeating past mistakes in our [...]

Why People Struggle to Ask for Help and How to Do It

By Lauren Edwards-Fowle, M.Sc., B.Sc.|2020-03-04T13:13:24+02:00March 4th, 2020|Categories: Personality, Self-Improvement|Tags: communication, relationships, work|

Asking for help is not as easy as it sounds. Having to ask someone to help you can feel like it indicates vulnerability, and being unable to cope by yourself. However, no man is an island and looking for help is to open yourself up to the support of people around you. Here are some [...]

Why We Get Monday Blues & How to Brighten Your Mondays

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-03-02T12:28:10+02:00March 2nd, 2020|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: mood, positive thinking, time management, work|

If you have the Monday blues, then this means it’s time to go back to work. And actually, you start getting a bit down Sunday night as well. There are many people who feel a bit down on Monday, but not everyone. Some people work all weekend and look forward to Monday because it’s their [...]

Key Differences between Internal and External Locus of Control

By Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)|2020-02-29T17:17:08+02:00February 26th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Self-Knowledge & Personality Tests, Success Skills|Tags: behavior, failure, happiness, perception, personality, positive thinking, self-confidence|

When something goes wrong in your life, do you tend to blame yourself or someone else? Psychologists call this type of ‘blaming’ or ‘attribution of success or failure’ our Internal and External Locus of Control. Sounds complicated, right? Well, it’s not, and it can affect how happy your life is. So what is this locus [...]

3 Signs of Perfection Paralysis and How to Overcome It

By Becky Storey|2020-02-24T13:22:51+02:00February 24th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Personality, Self-Improvement|Tags: anxiety, failure, perfectionism, procrastination, stress, work|

I think it would be fair to say that we’ve all struggled with perfection paralysis at least once in our lives. We’ve all wanted so badly to be perfect that we haven’t been able to do anything at all. It is a fairly common experience to be so afraid of being less than perfect that [...]

6 Signs You Are Self-Sabotaging and How to Stop This Toxic Behavior

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-02-20T16:20:54+02:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement, Self-Knowledge & Personality Tests|Tags: behavior, mental health, negative thinking, relationships, self-confidence|

Unfortunately, we can sometimes fall into self-sabotaging behavior. There is more than one reason for that. At the moment, I feel as if I am sabotaging my life. Just when I think everything is okay, another boulder rolls down the hill and flattens me again. But it’s not a real boulder, it just feels like [...]