Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s worth repeating that this sense of security provided by the relationship, this secure base, is what makes it safe for the child to explore the world. When we have a safe place to come back to, we can leave, just as when we are securely held, we don’t need to cling. Research shows that secure babies explore when they feel safe and seek
... See moreWe learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker. This reaction isn’t limited to people in power. Although we might be on board with the principle, in practice we often
... See moreWe can choose to stay on the path we are on and feel superior because we have a slight bit of self-knowledge, but if we don’t admit that we’re ready to grow beyond our defects of character then we’ll be doomed to repeat them time after time.

I’ve observed that for some people confidence is more closely associated with doing (and is dependent on their skills and performance), while for others it is related more to their felt security with others. My suspicion is that confidence gets tied up with doing when parents put a lot of emphasis on competence. When children are not shamed for
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