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Self Worth

3 Steps To Finding That 'Something More'

Kathy Andersen | Posted 05.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Kathy Andersen

The good news is that you can take back control, no matter how fast your merry-go-round might be spinning. The better news is that you can start today. It begins, quite simply, with your choice, and just one small step.

4 Things You Should Stop Feeling Guilty About

Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living

By Sam Ferrigno for HooplaHa.com A common thread in humanity is self-sabotage. In our never-ending quest for happiness and achievement, a small, pi...

Hey Baby, What's Your Number?: Step Off the Scale

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.15.2013 | Women
Sheila Moeschen

Allure's highlighting of Saldana's weight reduces this talented performer to a one-dimensional image, reinforcing the strange and fraught relationship women (and men) have with one of the most reviled twentieth-century innovations: the bathroom scale.

How Our Awareness Can Prevent Abuse and Abduction, Rather Than Enable It.

Kathy Andersen | Posted 05.10.2013 | Impact
Kathy Andersen

As a child who struggled through sexual abuse by my father from the age of four, I saw directly that those who should be aware, are not; and those who should pay attention, do not. I am one of at least 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the United States who lost a childhood.

The Pregnancy Perspective

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 05.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Jennifer Hamady

As Mother's Day approaches, I am humbled by these lessons of partnership, as well as those of parenthood -- the privilege of birthing your best teacher, seeing your clearest mirror, and walking beside your greatest reminder for a lifetime.

Financial Abuse

Meryl Hartstein | Posted 05.03.2013 | Style
Meryl Hartstein

We have all heard the painful stories of spousal abuse. We have a good idea what physical abuse is, and we are also aware of the terrible effects of emotional abuse. There is another type of abuse that is not as well known, but can be equally damaging, and that is financial abuse.

Love Yourself Through Conscious Eating

Ashley Turner | Posted 04.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Ashley Turner

Lovingly preparing food and cooking for yourself will increase feelings of self-worth, inner security, grounding and be a ritual to receive the love you give yourself -- the most important love in the world.

Enlightened Self-Interest

Linda Bloom LCSW and Charlie Bloom MSW | Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living
Linda Bloom LCSW and Charlie Bloom MSW

Enlightened self-interest refers to the understanding and trust that what a person does to enhance another's quality of life enhances one's own quality of life to a similar degree. More simply put, it is the idea that "what goes around comes around."

True Charisma

Jennifer Howard, Ph.D. | Posted 04.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Jennifer Howard, Ph.D.

True charisma, in my view, is a divine grace bestowed upon all of us, because we're both human and divine. True charisma requires bringing our awareness inward. As we go deeper, we become genuinely ourselves, and as a result, more attractive to others.

Does Your Relationship Lack Passionate Sex? 7 Ways to Bring The Passion Back

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 04.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Feeling fully seen, accepted, valued and cherished are really wonderful experiences, and these feelings can generate the kind of safety that leads to intimacy, spontaneity and aliveness in the relationship and in the bedroom.

10 Signs You're In Love

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 04.14.2013 | Healthy Living
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

"How do I know when I'm really in love?" "What does it mean to be in love?" "I think I'm in love, but then I have doubts." Such a big question! And we all wish there was an easy answer -- a formula we could follow to determine if we are in love.

The Only Kind Of Love You Need

Dawn Gluskin | Posted 04.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Dawn Gluskin

Having self-love makes you more resilient and able to bounce back from a stumble. It really is the cornerstone to allowing your dreams to come alive, to attracting healthy relationships, and to living a full life.

Be Your Own (Emotional) Vitamin

Robin Hoffman | Posted 04.11.2013 | Healthy Living
Robin Hoffman

I had to stop taking my vitamins and allow my emotional self to "remember" how to love myself and validate who I am inside. I had to take the courageous steps to come up with my own antioxidant recipe that would fuel me to thrive.

5 Things To Avoid If You Want To Feel Beautiful

Posted 04.10.2013 | OWN

By Val Monroe You know that little voice that relentlessly berates you whenever you look in the mirror, the one that makes you wince every time...

How to Make a Good First Impression

Meryl Hartstein | Posted 04.03.2013 | Women
Meryl Hartstein

When we meet someone for the first time, it's natural for our guard to be up. We automatically size them up with our eyes. We subconsciously check out their attire, their accessories, how they style their hair. We need to be aware of this in order to change it and open ourselves up to people.

4 Steps For Getting On The Right Side Of Success

Kathy Andersen | Posted 03.28.2013 | Healthy Living
Kathy Andersen

How do we not get lost in looking for "success in all the wrong places," and end up with achievement but not fulfillment? How do we experience wealth as abundance in our being, not only in our bank accounts?

15 Assumptions You Should Make Today

Anne Theriault | Posted 03.26.2013 | Women
Anne Theriault

"4. Assume that there is no one out there keeping a tally of all of your failings, ready to throw it in your face when you're either feeling too good or too awful about yourself."

Do You Compare Yourself to Others?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 05.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

The more you learn to love and value your unique essence, the less you will find yourself comparing yourself to others. There is only one you. You are incomparable!

6 Practical Steps To Awareness And Success

Kathy Andersen | Posted 05.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Kathy Andersen

I discovered, as we each can, that our aim can never be too high, despite the challenges we must overcome. So what can we do to tune into ourselves, take care of ourselves, aim our highest, and prioritize and organize to become our most aware, passionate, and successful?

Stop 'Shoulding' On Yourself

Andrea Wachter | Posted 05.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Andrea Wachter

Why do so many of us feel compassion and kindness toward others but then turn inward with a whip of self-criticism and perfectionism?

'You're Making Mama Sad' Is a Dirty, Dirty Lie

Sara Lind | Posted 05.01.2013 | Parents
Sara Lind

If I try to stop the tantrums by telling my daughter that she's making me unhappy, the not-so-subtle message is that I am not in control of my own happiness. And nothing could be more dangerous.

Don't Let Grades Define Self-Worth

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 04.30.2013 | College
The Miami Hurricane

Though being mediocre shouldn't be what students strive for, letting grades determine your self-worth is absurd. Instead, students need to know what is expected of them in their industry and work toward achieving that.

How to Fear Less and Be More

Nikki Johnson-Huston, Esq. | Posted 04.29.2013 | Women
Nikki Johnson-Huston, Esq.

So many of us let our fears stand in the way of us being successful and living our best lives. People are afraid to fail, so they don't even try

Frauds on the Red Carpet? True Confessions of Academy Award Winners

Dr. Valerie Young | Posted 04.28.2013 | Entertainment
Dr. Valerie Young

It's a challenge to maintain a consistent level of confidence when you know you are only as good as your last performance, when even the brightest stars fade quickly, and where success requires that you prove yourself over and over again in ways few others must.

4 Steps To Conquer Your Inner Critic

Lisa Firestone | Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living
Lisa Firestone

When we fail to identify and separate from this inner critic, we allow it to impact our behavior and shape the direction of our lives. So how can we challenge this inner voice?