Self-Consciousness

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” Rick Warren Worrying about what others think can make us afraid to take action and lead to playing small. Ironically, most people are too busy thinking of themselves to be...

Mirrors

The reflections we get from the outside mirror our self-esteem. Others subconsciously pick up on how we feel about ourselves and without even realizing it, tend to comply with our expectations. We often can’t help but interpret their words and actions through...

Our “I Am”

Sages throughout the ages have used the expression “I Am” as a shorthand to describe, not only our personal state of consciousness, but our entire self-conception. It’s more than our identity, it’s the net result of our conditioning as...

Freedom from Approval

When you live your life from a place of wholeness, you don’t require outside approval to feel deserving. You feel good enough without needing to constantly out-perform others. You are self-contained, self-assured and free. This feeling of wholeness allows you to...

Taking It Personally

Our perspective about what’s appropriate behavior comes from our conditioning. Someone else may see the same behavior in a different light. When another’s actions rubs us the wrong way, our reaction can create a problem where no offense was intended. Once...

Not So Serious

Taking ourselves too seriously comes from an underlying insecurity. We might think we’ll appear smarter, less fallible or more worthy when we’re serious, but it’s actually just an indication that we’re dependent on a positive reflection from...