Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
Repression isn’t some fanciful concept, it’s a simple consequence of psychological reward and reinforcement. Things you don’t like to think about, you think about less, and slowly they become distanced from your habitual thought patterns, until they almost never enter into your mind. Therefore, you can quite easily end up in a state where you say, ... See more
Sasha Chapin • How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, Or, I Demand Deep Okayness for Everyone
Denial of our negativity only feeds this fear of ourselves and hence undermines self-esteem. We deny or rationalize our lower self out of fear that this is all we are. In each of us is a rock bottom fear that we are, in essence, bad or hopeless or unlovable. And we fear that seeing our despair or our badness will bring about our annihilation. This
... See moreEva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
Assertiveness makes clarity valuable. As a result you will be quite satisfied after an encounter with someone if you have honestly presented yourself and your position. Your satisfaction will no longer depend upon whether the other person acknowledged you or agreed with you. You will no longer wish you had said more. You will have no need to correc
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