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  6 Powerful Ways to Enhance Your Self-Esteem

  “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” — Louise L. Hay Low self-esteem arises when we’re most vulnerable. Verbal cues are learned at a tender age and last well into a person’s adult life. During these formative years, the child’s mind is …

  August 21, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 5964

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  Why The Power of Forgiveness Will Set You Free

  No Accidents In A Purposeful Universe “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” — Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness does not erase the past, but looks upon it with renewed compassion. To withhold forgiveness keeps alive emotions of hurt, anger and blame which discolour our perception of life. …

  March 20, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 9701

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  Why Self-Compassion and Self-Acceptance Are the Keys to Optimal Living

  Emotional Abandonment “The chemist who can extract from his heart’s elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.” — Khalil Gibran Have you ever wondered why some people seem happy and content in their own skin? In contrast, do you know …

  March 13, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 6865

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  Don’t Judge Me Until You’ve Walked In My Shoes

  “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.” ― Paulo Coelho This is an open letter to anyone who’s ever judged you. Use it to restore your personal power. Don’t judge me to feel better about yourself while I’m forced to look inferior. I don’t want your …

  February 28, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 29241

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  How Our Emotional Wounds Strengthen Us

  Concealing the Pain “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller Despite our emotional wounds, the hurt will pass and the scars eventually heal. To relive our pain reinforces the experience because we cling to the emotions instead of process them. As time moves …

  February 21, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 8451

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  How To Embrace Your Imperfections And See Yourself Through The Eyes Of Compassion

  It’s Pointless Trying To Become Someone You’re Not “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” ― Brené Brown To embrace your imperfections, let go of identifying yourself as inadequate and embody the wholeness of your being. Consider the accompanying tale of how our imperfections can be channelled correctly: a water …

  January 31, 2016 • Foundational Writings • Views: 6431

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