by Merci Gracia | Sep 29, 2017 | Self Acceptance, Self-love
Being perfectionistic or hyper-competitive can motivate you to produce, accomplish and outperform others, but it won’t help satisfy the underlying yearning that drives this behavior: the need for approval. No matter how much admiration you get from the outside...
by Merci Gracia | Jul 23, 2017 | Problems, Self-love
Problems only become problems when we define them that way. A problem to one person may be an opportunity to another. Our interpretations create our experience. When we catch ourselves identifying a problem, it’s good take a closer look and ask if we want to...
by Merci Gracia | May 11, 2017 | Self-love
Competing against others in order to convince yourself that you’re superior may bring a temporary high, but it’ll eventually backfire. Sooner or later, someone else will come along who’s more talented and that will feel as bad as winning feels good....
by Merci Gracia | May 9, 2017 | Balance, Self-love
Though you have to exit your comfort zone to grow, you don’t need to go completely off-kilter to do it. Risking possible failure can be scary, but you can remain internally balanced even when your external equilibrium is momentarily lost. Worrying about how...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 21, 2017 | Self Acceptance, Self-love
No matter how wonderful you really are, no amount of effort will help you gain acknowledgment from someone who doesn’t want to or isn’t capable of recognizing you. They may have problems appreciating others because of jealousy, self-judgment, their own...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 26, 2017 | Authenticity, Self-love
Purveyors of various personal products encourage us to assign enormous value to our personal appearance. While it would be unrealistic to think that looks don’t matter, worrying, fretting and feeling bad over something so insignificant as our outer layer is...