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- It is not about winning or losing - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2010 from Isabel KirkWow…the Winter Olympics are gone but the idea of how many good lessons we could learn from them keeps gravitating in my head. The most important is the idea of persistence and trying again vs the typical win or loose model, not only when pursuing an Olympic medal but in life. Stop for a second ...
Views: 5316(12 votes) - Love…what is love all about? That is the question - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2010 from Isabel KirkIn this month when we celebrate love, I wonder what we are celebrating and what love is all about. Love…what’s love? That is the question. A word that causes the biggest happiness but can also cause the biggest misery in our lives, especially when we don’t know what it means, misuse it to ...
Views: 1346(4 votes) - Incorporating Change into Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Isabel KirkChange! Such a loaded word. What comes to your mind when you think of the word change? Stop for a minute and try to answer that question. What types of feelings does it bring up in you? Hope, excitement, joy, or on the other hand, fear, anxiety, loss, or to make things more complicated, a ...
Views: 2106(5 votes) - Calming Your Inner Critic Will Help You Improve Your Self-Esteem: Learn How - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Isabel KirkI just came back from a professional workshop about calming your inner critic and I couldn’t wait to share this interesting topic with you. Where to begin? Well the structure of the human personality is very interesting and complex. Fascinating and confusing, lovely and irritating, logical ...
Views: 1737(1 vote) - Emotional Cleansing: The Need to Vent - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Isabel KirkCleansing, detoxifying diets, exercising… what else do we do to purify or clean our bodies? It is somewhat common to hear people say that they are engaged in one of these practices to clean themselves from toxins and other harmful elements. They usually express to feel more energized and ...
Views: 5489 - Dealing with Everyday Life Grief - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Isabel KirkWhat comes to your mind when you think of the word grief? Most people think of death. Even if you google it, the listings that come up are related to the emotional response that surfaces from the death of a love one. There is very good information and help out there related to that topic. So the ...
Views: 1514 - Forgiveness: How and Why - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Isabel KirkForgiveness is one of the most difficult things to do while at the same time one of the most needed in the world. There are plenty of people sick of anger, either toward others or to themselves. Forgiveness involves letting go and surrender of judgment and condemnation while engaging in a ...
Views: 1251 - A little bit of empathy, a big benefit for your health - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Isabel KirkEvery human being needs to get around satisfactory human relations, both in the family and other areas. Your emotional well-being will depend largely on the capacity you have to achieve this objective. In 328 BC, Aristotle said humans are social animals. Nowadays, more and more evidence is ...
Views: 2173 - Swine Flu: Remaining Calm in Cases of Potential Mass Panic - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Isabel KirkLike any other threat to the basic need of survival, the recent Swine flue alert is causing fear in people. While a reasonable fear of death is a normal human reaction to a threat, excessive worrying and paranoia are not. The Swine flu alert can understandably trigger a sudden loss of security ...
Views: 1362 - Healthy Boundaries = Healthy Relationships - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Isabel KirkRelationships are a beautiful thing but they can also be challenging. I love a cartoon that reads as follows: “Relationships: a mess worth making.” It very well illustrates how many times relationships can be messy or unhealthy. The main cause of unhealthy relationships? Unhealthy boundaries. ...
Views: 3524 - Decreasing Sibling Rivalry - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Isabel KirkWhen talking about relationships and families, dynamics are complex. Why? Because especially the closest we are the more we expect and therefore, the more disappointed we can be. For example, one of the biggest dreams every parent has is that their children get alone. It sounds simple and easy ...
Views: 1289 - Avoiding and Handling Dissapointments - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Isabel KirkTry to assess people fairly and look inside yourself to find out where your expectations and disappointments really come from. All of us get disappointed sometimes, but if it happens very often or if it hurts too much it might become a problem. What we don’t realize is that our expectations ...
Views: 2180 - Emotional Preparation During Pregnancy to Become a Mother - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Isabel KirkThere are thousands of articles about the physical preparation that a healthy pregnancy requires and very few about the psychological aspects of it. I titled this article “How to emotionally prepare for motherhood” because the psychological changes that start before your become pregnant do not ...
Views: 4781(1 vote) - Emotional Preparation to Become a Mother - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2009 from Isabel KirkThere are thousands of articles about the physical preparation that a healthy pregnancy requires and very few about the psychological aspects of it. I titled this article “How to emotionally prepare for motherhood” because the psychological changes that start before your become pregnant do not ...
Views: 5897 - How to Economy-Proof Your Family - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2009 from Isabel KirkFinances and money have for always being the number one cause of relationships failure. Many people say, “he/she was my friend until I lent him/her some money and things were never the same.” It has been proven by the American Psychological Association that during bad economic times, any ...
Views: 1007 - How to Make a Good Apology - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2009 from Isabel KirkOne of the biggest problems my clients complain about everyday is not that the person they love hurt them or did something wrong. It is the fact that the person didn’t apologize or the apology did not feel sincere. Let’s face it. We don’t really know how to apologize and the problem is that it ...
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