Patricia Noll Acupuncture Physician, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addictions Professional

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Self-Esteem and Happiness Expert

Patricia Noll Quick Facts

Main Areas: Writing, Speaking, Teaching, Counseling, Self-Esteem, Addictions
Best Sellers: Good With Me: A Simple Approach to Real Happiness from the Inside Out Book
Career Focus: Author, Speaker, Community Leader, Business Owner
Affiliation: Focus One Inc, Kappa Gamma Pi

I'm Patricia Noll, televised self-esteem expert, author, speaker, consultant, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addictions Professional, Acupuncture Physician, author of the book Good With Me: A Simple Approach to Real Happiness from the Inside Out, and Founder of the Good With Me Community.

I redefine self-esteem as we have traditionally defined it in Good With Me and introduce the concept of the two esteems: Self-Dependent and Other-Dependent. I have been priviledged to interact each and every who has come to me for help, and through those special relationships, I am blessed to be someone who enjoys real happiness that can only come from within. It is an authentic happiness that anyone who is self-dependent can own and experience.

As the founder and owner of a state-licensed outpatient substance abuse program, Focus One, I treated thousands of troubled individuals from all walks of life for the past 26+ years. Many of these individuals were referred to me as the result of a drug or alcohol related offense. Others came to me voluntarily because their lives were falling apart.

It was here that I recognized that there was a common thread among them: I discovered a lack of self-esteem because life had taught them to be other-dependent.

I realized that society is unknowingly promoting other-dependent esteem instead of self-dependent esteem. I have become an expert at showing people how to make the shift from being other-dependent for their happiness to becoming self-dependent and experience real happiness from the inside out. And just like you, I've been where you're at. I've applied the exact same principles to myself that I would give to you... and they work.

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Patricia Noll

"When we don't approve of ourselves, we tend to believe someone else's opinion about us regardless whether or not it is accurate."

"Remember: when nothing changes, nothing changes. Just because we change what we wear, drive, or own doesn't mean we've made the changes on the inside that would allow us to feel good on a permanent basis."

"Make no mistake - the behaviors and activities you engage in to make yourself feel better, no matter how many consequences they create, will often give you the illusion of feeling good only becasue you feel less bad."

"Simple doesn't always mean easy, especially in the beginning when you still think it's hard."

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