Managing Holiday Blues

20 Dec 2018
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Managing Holiday Blues

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!  Really? Surely you’ve heard that lyric. It’s the title of the ever popular Christmas song Andy Williams first recorded in 1963. Since then, many notable crooners have regaled us with their renditions–Johnny Mathis, Harry Connick Jr., Patti LaBelle, Garth Brooks, and the Pentatonix–celebrating many of the activities associated with the Winter Holiday Season: “…parties for hosting…marshmallows for toasting…caroling out in the snow…gay happy meetings…holiday greetings…friends coming to call…” If your spirit soars as Thanksgiving nears and you remain high on the holidays through New Year’s, good for you.  Enjoy yourself to the max! You deserve it. We all do. But for too many.

Transforming Self-Doubt Into Self-Confidence – Pt 2: Devising Countermeasures

13 Oct 2018
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Transforming Self-Doubt Into Self-Confidence – Pt 2: Devising Countermeasures

Hot Buttons for Self-Doubt As you strive to attain your goals and dreams, there are bound to be times when you suffer self-doubt.  “Can I really make a living doing what I love? Am I smart enough?  Talented enough?  In my search for a loving partner, do I have the grit to face rejection, to get through the dry spells, and never give up?” Having self-doubt is more the norm than an aberration.  An estimated 70% of people experience the “imposter syndrome” at some point in their lives.  And a whopping 85% of people around the world are affected by low-self esteem. So instead of stigmatizing yourself for having it,.

Transforming Self-Doubt into Self-Confidence – Pt 1: Intro

18 Jun 2018
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Transforming Self-Doubt into Self-Confidence – Pt 1: Intro

Do you obsessively wonder whether you or your work is good enough? Do you often worry that you don’t have what it takes to succeed in your chosen field? Are you constantly afraid that you can’t have a happy marriage (and family) and make a good living doing what you love? If so, you are grappling with self-doubt. But you’re certainly not alone. It might help you to know that some of the most famous, successful, and revered artists (Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Vincent Van Gogh), writers (John Steinbeck, Edith Wharton, George Eliot), and even presidents (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy) suffered self-doubt. Obviously, that emotion.