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Nurturing Healthy Self-Esteem

February 21, 2020 by Mary Madsen-Heskin Leave a Comment

There are a couple essential building blocks for nurturing healthy self-esteem. These are some pretty heavy concepts. Entire niches of psychological theory and orientation have been developed based on these concepts. I am going to keep this blog user-friendly and break it a few simple strategies for nurturing healthier self-esteem. And it starts here: Experiencing […]

Filed Under: Change, Counseling, goals, Healing, Self-care, Self-Esteem, self-love Tagged With: change, counseling, healing, self care, self esteem, self-love

The Fears Behind Change

November 21, 2019 by Mary Madsen-Heskin Leave a Comment

We are smack dab in the middle of a Full Moon and New Moon cycle, so, I am finding myself thinking about change. Both the Full and New Moon represents times of change. During the Full Moon we are invited to reflect on things we want to release or let go of in our […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Change, Depression, goals, Self-Esteem, Stress Tagged With: anxiety, change, counseling, depression, fears, goals, self esteem, stress

3 Reasons to Stay Single (At Least For a While) After a Breakup

October 2, 2019 by Mary Madsen-Heskin Leave a Comment

“Try, try again…” “Dust yourself off and start all over again…” “Get right back on that horse…” These are just some of the common phrases we use to support the idea that trying something after it didn’t go so well the first time is a good idea. And in many instances, this is the right […]

Filed Under: Couples/Marriage, Issues for Women, Self-Esteem

5 Signs You Aren’t Practicing Self-Care

August 31, 2018 by Mary Madsen-Heskin Leave a Comment

Self-care is complex. Anyone can tell you to do it, but only you can bestow the gift of self-care onto yourself. But before you can begin bestowing, you’ve got to first recognize that you are worthy of caring for yourself as you do others. How do you do this? By noticing the ways in which you are currently not […]

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4 Reasons We Judge Others and How to Break the Habit

December 2, 2017 by Mary Madsen-Heskin Leave a Comment

One of the things most of us are taught as children is to never judge others. “Don’t judge a book by its cover!” And yet, despite our best efforts, many of us fall into the trap over and over again. Why do we do it? Here are four common reasons that explain this particularly bad […]

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