Living with Someone Who is Mentally Ill – How to Keep Your Chin Up Caring for someone who is mentally ill can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be an insurmountable task, or take away your own identity either. Often, with your help and that of others, such as a therapist, someone with a mental illness can pull themselves …
Attitude of Gratitude: How Gratitude Has an Impact on Self-Esteem
Attitude of Gratitude: How Gratitude Has an Impact on Self-Esteem Gratitude is a powerful feeling. It can make you feel better about yourself in a variety of ways by helping you to improve your self-esteem. What you probably aren’t aware of is that gratitude works to help you improve your overall sense of well-being, all year round. How Gratitude Can …
Understanding Gratitude
Understanding Gratitude We all know what gratitude is, but do we all know the power that it has? Being able to understand, and feel the effects of consistently expressing gratitude can be eye-opening. Practicing gratitude and recognizing the role it plays in the world around us is one of the easiest ways to change your life. What Is Gratitude? Gratitude …
Being Single — The Emotional Pros and Cons
Being Single — The Emotional Pros and Cons Being single definitely has its advantages, but when you are single, you also become aware of the negative side, which brings with it feelings that can make you doubt your self-worth and self-esteem. When you are single and don’t want to be, you may start to question your appeal to others and …
Can You Have a Role Model from Literature?
Can You Have a Role Model from Literature? There are role models to be found everywhere in literature. Fictional characters can inspire a person to do just about anything, when a person embraces the parts of that character that make them feel better about themselves. When someone feels better about themselves, their self-esteem gets a boost and their outlook on …
Therapy Dogs Are More Popular Than Ever
Therapy Dogs Are More Popular Than Ever Are you a dog person? If so, there probably many reasons why, but perhaps the most influential fact is that they provide you with unconditional love and acceptance. Whether you are up or down, or sick or healthy, Fido is there for you, with no limits to his affection. This is most likely …
Learn How Gratitude Can Improve Your Mood
Learn How Gratitude Can Improve Your Mood The holidays are a time for thinking and expressing gratefulness for all that you have in the world. Chances are, when it is your time to think about what you are grateful for, you may be pleased to know that you do, in fact, have something to be grateful for. You may even have …
Keep the Thanksgiving Spirit Alive All Year Round With a Gratitude Journal
Keep the Thanksgiving Spirit Alive All Year Round With a Gratitude Journal At Thanksgiving, people around the country gather at tables filled with a bounty of food and take turns telling each other what they are thankful for. This is a great tradition, but these sentiments are usually expressed in the moment, and fade as the day wears on. What …
Are American Politics Harming Muslim Teenagers’ Self-Esteem?
Are American Politics Harming Muslim Teenagers’ Self-Esteem? America is a superpower, and its politics have an effect on people around the globe. Politics is often considered an adult topic — maybe because children are too young to vote — but everyone is exposed to the situations that politics create. The politics between Muslim nations and America have been particularly tense …
How Societal Issues Have an Impact on the Self-Esteem of Muslims in the Western World
How Societal Issues Have an Impact on the Self-Esteem of Muslims in the Western World Ever since the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, Muslims from every nation have faced societal repercussions from Americans. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported a 1,700 percent increase of hate crimes against Muslim Americans from 2000 to 2001. Muslim Americans were …
