What are you labelling yourself with this week? And should you be labelling yourself thus? These are the final two cognitive distortions that we will look at in this current series of musings: Labelling yourself and “should” statements. What we label ourselves with is linked to how we view ourselves and how we talk to…
Are you comfortable in your own skin?
Genuine people are, apparently. This is linked to all these different aspects of being genuine – not being attention seeking or needing the approval of others, living with integrity and healthy self awareness of one’s limits, not needing external stuff to be happy (see last week). Looking up the phrase in a dictionary of idioms,…
What do you consider essential services?
There is a lot of talk just now about essential services. What do you consider to be essential for your own life? And what do you consider essential for you to thrive in that life and not just survive? Of course, this question has many and multifaceted answers, and I think therein lies the challenge.…
How to accept a compliment
How well do you accept a compliment? That might seem like an odd question to start with this week. And what does this have to do with the recent musings on mental decluttering? The idea of clearing out our minds so that there is space and mental clarity is a wonderful one. And it might…
What is your self worth?
How do you measure your self worth? What is it based on? What do you think are the top things that commonly are linked to self worth? You might come up with: your appearance what you do what you achieve Possibly also your financial independence or lack thereof, how well connected and popular you are.…
Too busy because we need to be needed?
How often this week have you told someone that you are busy, when asked how you are? And has your motivation for that at a deep, possibly subconscious level been your need to be needed? Ouch, that is a harsh way to start. We have been musing during this Lent season with the idea of…