Some people talk in the personal growth and new age circles about using relationship as a mirror to understand your self. I’ve seen this idea of a relationship mirror described in so many ways, often with lots of distortions. With these distortions the attempt to understand relationships leads to misunderstanding Self.
People often distort […]
Archive for January, 2007
Understanding Relationships
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Happiness, Emotions, Core Beliefs, The Mind, Self Awareness, Managing Expectations and Relationships. 0 CommentsBe Impeccable with Your Word
Published by January 19th, 2007 in Happiness, Emotions, The Mind, Self Mastery, Four Agreements, Impeccability and Personal Power. 0 CommentsIn the book The Four Agreements, the author Miguel Ruiz offers a code for living a life of peace and happiness. The first principle Miguel offers in this code of conduct for your life is Be Impeccable with your Word. It is much more difficult than it seems. People often tell me […]
Facing Fear
Published by January 18th, 2007 in Happiness, Self Mastery, Self Awareness, Ask Gary, Fear, Insecurity and Confidence and Emotional Reactions. 0 CommentsI’m in my final year of high school and today I got one my quizzes back (worth around 2-4%). I realized I had gotten a 60% and a 69% on two different parts. At this time, a realization struck me: if I continue on like this (exams in just two weeks!) I’m going to get […]
Controlling Relationships
Published by January 16th, 2007 in Happiness, Emotions, Core Beliefs, Self Awareness, Managing Expectations, Relationships, Emotional Reactions and Personal Power. 9 CommentsWhat are some dynamics of an emotionally controlling relationship?
I want to look beyond some of the of verbal criticism, put downs, and judgments that are the obvious elements of emotionally abusive and controlling relationships.
I want to take some space here to outline how some of the power and illusions of power aspects affect an emotionally […]
How to have Confidence
Published by January 15th, 2007 in Happiness, Emotions, Core Beliefs, The Mind, Self Awareness, Judge and Victim Mind, Ask Gary, Fear and Insecurity and Confidence. 0 CommentsQuestion from the forums on Steve Pavlina.com where I responded.
A lot of people think I am a confident guy… I think I am very good at faking confidence. Why? Because doubt is a constant part of my daily life; every decision I make is questioned by doubt. Because the latter is powerful, I have developed […]
