5 dangers of criticism

Contributing factors to loneliness include situationals variables such as:

• Physical isolation
• Moving to a new location
• Divorce
• The death of someone meaningfull
• Symptom of psycological disorder (depression)
• Low self-esteem

People who l...

Losing ‘yourself’ isn’t about getting lost, as the initial impression of someone listening to the Eminem song. It is about losing the mental voice that keeps telling us that we should do this or that, or we suck. Lose Yourself does not mean losing yourself, but m...

Since our goal is to enhance our self-esteem, we need to substitute self-criticism with self-compassion. Specifically, whenever your self-critical inner monologue kicks in, ask yourself what you would say to a dear friend if they were in your situation (we tend to be much more compassionate to fr...