“Rejection, and the fear of rejection, is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves” James Altucher Fear of Rejection causes us to worry about being rejected by others and left alone, unloved, and unappreciated. This fear can be overwhelming and paralyzing, causing us to avoid social situations or even make decisions based on what…
5 Best books for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Psychologist Elaine Aron coined the term “highly sensitive person” (HSP) to describe individuals who have a heightened central nervous system sensitivity to physical, emotional, and social stimuli. This personality trait can bring both strengths and challenges, causing an HSP to feel distinct from others. For example, an HSP may be affected by violent movies or…
How to Be Truly Yourself in A Fake World?
Are you really aware that you have the right to exist? The right to be entirely yourself, no matter how people around you react, the right to feel good about yourself, no matter the grades or diplomas you have completed? How many times do you hold back from being truly yourself just to avoid offending…
How To Set Boundaries With Your Friends?
Friendship can bring a lot of happiness and joy to our lives. Friends offer support in tough times and help create the most lifelong memories. A lot of people can feel lonely and struggle to find friends, so they tend to make a double effort to please everybody. However, it’s impossible, you can’t give your…
10 Best Books on How to Set Boundaries
Setting boundaries can be challenging and seems impossible at first for many reasons: we can feel guilty when setting a line, we can be afraid of confrontation, we can avoid hurting others’ feelings, and sometimes we’re also reluctant to set boundaries for fear of being disliked or rejected. One of the best ways to increase…
How to say No in an assertive way and overcome the feeling of guilt
Learning how to graciously and assertively say “No” is an acquired skill in setting boundaries. People often find it very difficult to say “No” to others about things that they don’t really want to do. They often said yes because they are scared of upsetting others, so they become conditioned to do what others want…
How to Increase your Self-worth and Start Believing In Yourself?
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself Abraham Lincoln Starting with this brilliant quote from Abraham Lincoln, we can define self-worth as the way we feel and think about ourselves, it means that the only opinion that truly matters is our own, and even that judgment should be…
7 Signs That you are a People Pleaser, and that you have Weak Boundaries
A people pleaser is someone who looks very nice and supportive, but if you inspect deeply the feelings and the thoughts behind this behavior, you will hit upon low self-esteem, too many insecurities, and irrational fear of conflict. Are you a people pleaser? Not sure? These 7 signs will help you find out definitely: 1….
Learn to Protect Your Energy from Draining People
Sometimes, being around certain people, we may feel troubled, shattered, and drained, we don’t understand what the matter is, but we can experience it every time we meet this person, a small conversation can make us exhausted and hurried to quit. The reason why we experience such feelings is that we are losing our energetic…
4 Easy Steps to Start Speaking Up for Yourself
Do you have a hard time saying NO to things that you really don’t want to do? Do you keep agreeing to do something before considering the meaning and consequences of it? Do you tolerate inappropriate comments or rude people just because you’re scared to induce conflicts, or you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings?…