by Robert Johnson | Jul 31, 2019 | Personal Growth
What Is Self-Acceptance Imagine you are standing in front of a full-length mirror. Naked. You have been asked to gaze at yourself for two minutes. Self-acceptance is right in your face! Now take a quick inventory of the feelings that were aroused by this suggestion....
by Robert Johnson | Jul 17, 2019 | Personal Growth
Jennifer “Be joyful even when you have considered all the facts.” —Wendell Berry Jennifer has recently been through a painful divorce and she’s not sleeping well. She’s having difficulties with her children, who blame her for the divorce. Her work life is rocky as...
by Robert Johnson | Jul 4, 2019 | Mental Health
This Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Ernesto just returned from Afghanistan where he witnessed an improvised explosive device (IED) destroy a Humvee in his convoy, killing his best friend. Now that he’s back home, he’s no longer the easy-going guy he once was. He...
by Robert Johnson | Jun 19, 2019 | Personal Growth
Do You Have the People-Pleasing Syndrome? What some call people-pleasing is an interesting term to understand at times. Pleasing other people—who could find fault with that? Isn’t it a good thing to consider the needs of others, to be gracious, to be nice? By all...
by Robert Johnson | Jun 5, 2019 | Personal Growth
Healing the Roots of Self-Hatred The Critic is a common and unfortunate constant in our inner lives. This internalized voice, self-hatred, assumes the tone and language of our mother, father, religion and/or society. After every step forward there it is, doubting or...
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