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Self Matters: Tamp Down Your Judgment, Ramp Up Your Life

Life requires us to make myriad comparisons, and decisions based on them, every day. Most of these judgments help us live our lives with some modicum of comfort, satisfaction, and autonomy. They move us seamlessly through our days and we do not think about them. Because they are so innate and automatic, comparisons can become hurtful. There also are positive, pleasant judgments. Judgment is inevitable, so we cannot be eradicated. it. How we handle it is an expression of our conflict with this universal human phenomenon.

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Self Matters: How Setting Boundaries Can Lead to Your Greatest Freedom

I believed for many years that if I were “nice” to other people and pleased them enough, they would like me and be “nice” to me, even love me. The strategy backfired every single time. People were...

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Self Matters: You Say What to Your Self!!

How you talk to yourself whether in your own voice or someone else’s affects your feelings, the way you live, your relationships, your decisions, and your self-care. Negative self-talk contributes to...

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Self Matters: The Ultimate Guide to Intentions, Affirmations, and Mantras

You most likely have heard of intentions, affirmations, and mantras. But what are they? What do they do? How can they help me? Are they interchangeable? What are the differences between them? How do...

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Self Matters: Welcome 2021 With Self-Celebration

We beam with gratitude when someone acknowledges our achievement and the work it took to get there. Accolades urge us to keep going, reach for the next level, step toward the next phase. These all...

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Self Matters: How To Make Fear Work For You In 2021

A quote attributed to Wayne Dyer, urges people to not die with their dream, their purpose still inside them.

FEAR is quite possibly the most destructive force against peace of mind, hope, and...

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Self Matters: Stop Asking Permission To Be You

What have you always wanted to do, but other people gave you a lot of reasons why the dream was impossible? They may have told you it was silly, too expensive, you were too old, it would take too...

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Self Matters: The Silver Lining in the COVID-19 Cloud

Around the world, people are grappling with unprecedented stressors and a heightened uncertainty about when relief will come. This is not news. The media report unsettling newscasts around the clock,...

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Self Matters: The Vital Art of Self-Love

We often hear the adage that we cannot love others if we do not love ourselves. Emergency instructions on airplanes advise us to put on our oxygen mask before attempting to help someone else, even...

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