Kamini Wood
Kamini Wood
Letting Go of Your Inner Critic
Sometimes, as much as you want to love yourself, you simply cannot stop the voice in your head telling you that you are not good enough, smart enough, successful enough, beautiful enough…anything enough. What is the Inner Critic? Your inner critic is actually the negative self-talk you use to discourage yourself. This can include anything […]
Read more...The Difference Between the Fixed Mindset and the Growth Mindset
There are two types of people: fixed mindset people and growth mindset people. Which one do you belong to? Carol Dweck, a researcher at Stanford University known for her work on the fixed mindset vs. the growth mindset, describes how the difference between the fixed mindset and the growth mindset impacts our performance and life […]
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Pep Talk The words of motivation and wisdom that we talk to ourselves when we need extra encouragement or when we are trying to cope with disturbing and intense emotions are also known as pep talk. People usually use a pep talk to cope with fear, discouragement, insecurity, and to motivate themselves to reach new […]
Read more...Series: Emotional Suppression & Techniques to Manage It [Part 3 of 4]
Being emotionally strong or resilient means that you can successfully adapt to stress, adversity, life crisis, and traumatic events. Being strong doesn’t mean you never experience emotional pain. A healthy resilience means that you have the ability to recover from painful experiences. People with highly developed resiliency have healthy self-esteem and confidence and know-how to […]
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Numbing Intense emotions such as emotional pain, anger, or sadness can be useful as they can help us work through our life challenges. However, sometimes strong emotions can negatively affect our normal functioning, so we have to numb ourselves emotionally in order to cope and continue with our lives. Emotional numbness is one of many […]
Read more...Series: Emotional Suppression & Techniques to Manage It [Part 1 of 4]
Emotions are essential in human experiences. However, when our emotions become dysfunctional, they interfere with our adaptability and affect our psychological and physical well-being. So, successful emotion regulation is vital for our mental health. Difficulties in adaptive emotion regulation are associated with different mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. Emotional regulation is one […]
Read more...The Difference Between Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
Most people see self-esteem and self-confidence as identical features. However, these words describe two intertwined, but quite different characteristics. You may have high self-confidence but at the same time struggle with low self-esteem. For example, you can easily perform before the audience, which shows a high level of confidence. At the same time, though, you […]
Read more...Understanding Behavior Patterns and Neural Pathways
The young brain has a lot of plasticity and flexibility, which explains why children and young people learn so quickly. Our brain develops neural pathways and the more we use them, they become thicker and deeper, embedding into the deeper portions of the brain. As we reach adult age, we have so many neural pathways […]
Read more...5 Easy Methods To Build Confidence
Healthy confidence means that we feel good about ourselves. Confidence reflects our belief in ourselves and our ability to succeed. If you struggle with low self-esteem, you might be seeing yourself as unworthy, incompetent, and incapable. These negative self-thoughts can prevent us from seizing opportunities at work, in school, and in social life. Striking a […]
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