Advanced Life Skills

by: Iain Legg
The way you speak to yourself mentally and verbally has a powerful impact on your self-image.
Berating or belittling yourself, minimizing your achievements or doubting your capabilities will most definitely create a sense of disempowerment, limiting your potential in virtually every aspect of your life.
On the other hand, positive and encouraging self-talk will [...]

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During a recent email conversation with Life Coach and PHD Annette Colby we were discussing two different schools of thought with regard to how we “receive.”  Do we receive in proportion to our contributions, or do we receive in proportion to our capacity to receive?  The major difference is that one is conditional and one [...]

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Our beliefs form the bases for our self-esteem. Specifically our beliefs about who we are and what we feel we are capable of, or not capable of.
The way we view ourselves according to those beliefs is either empowering or limiting. We form these beliefs based on the conclusions we draw about our own experiences, especially [...]

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Emotional memories of traumatic life events are stored in a particularly robust way by your brain, making effective treatment very difficult. Researchers have now successfully tracked down the molecular bases of these strong, persistent memories.
It has long been known that emotional memories of both a positive and a negative kind make strong impressions on your [...]

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