Before the year 2001, I was a happy, healthy, married mother of a 3-year-old. I was the sum of every good thing that got me to that place, and it was a…
Tag: self esteem
My Daughter Reprogrammed My Body Image In A Way I Never Expected
I get the opportunity to learn and share lots of tools and techniques I can use with clients to enhance their intimate experiences. Many of these exercises are not intimate at all — something that…
4 Things Your Man Feels Incredibly Insecure About — But Won’t Tell You
Many of us feel some measure of insecurity when dealing with life. But when it comes to relationships, there are unique insecurities that men struggle with, in particular. But being the men…
3 Tiny Root Causes Of Low Self-Confidence, According To A Psychologist
In addition to feeling awful, low self-confidence has negative effects in many areas of life: If your confidence is low, it’s harder to be honest and ask for what you want in a…
Kids Become Happy Adults When Parents Repeat These 13 Phrases
Actions indeed count in parenting. Your kids are watching and modeling your behavior. At the same, though, your words matter tremendously to your child and their emotional development. Most parents want their kids…
How To Tell When Someone Is Overcompensating For Their Own Insecurity, According To A Confidence Expert
Self-doubt is a sneaky attribute, one that lodges itself deep within us and ripples outward, changing the way we interact with the world around us. We might think it only affects how…
5 Tiny Traits Of The Women Who Never Let A Man Control Them
Women are still fighting for bodily autonomy, to earn equal pay, to have appropriate family leave, to find a work-life-personal balance, and to keep it together. Often, they will be forced to…
5 Tiny Ways You (Unintentionally) Destroy Your Kid’s Self-Confidence
I’m one of those moms who wants her kids to be themselves, live their own lives, and not just be what I wish them to be. Be a doctor! An artist! A truck driver!…
I’m An Independent Woman, But I Still Want To Be Pampered
On my 18th birthday, I went to the biker tattoo parlor and got my navel pierced — alone. Later that year, I moved 600 miles away to a state where I knew…
6 Toxic Things That Do Incredible Harm To Your Body Image
As much as we move forward when it comes to body acceptance, we only seem to get so far before something comes along and makes us, as a society, realize that we…