How To Increase Self Esteem.
Self-esteem isn’t self-confidence.
Self-confidence is believing in our competence and our ability to do something, whereas self-esteem is
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Alexandra Massey
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How Can I Help My Partner With Depression?
Standing on the side lines when our partner is battling depression can seem like a helpless, even hopeless, experience. We can feel...
Alexandra Massey
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How To Create Amazing Family Communication
Is your idea of family communication a note left on the refrigerator or a nod whilst passing in the hallway? Great communication is the...
Alexandra Massey
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One Of The Most Important Conversations We Will Ever Have With Ourselves
Whether or not you’ve noticed, you, like me and every other human being, move through each day leading on a constant inner conversation....
Alexandra Massey
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My Depression And My Recovery
After college I moved to London and shared a house with friends. There were endless nights of drug parties: LSD, speed, coke and hash. It wa
Alexandra Massey
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Ending The Internal War With Our Inner Selves
You know the saying: "You are your own worst enemy." The internal war is a form of self-sabotage that unfortunately so many of us are...
Alexandra Massey
- 6 min
How To Free Yourself From Self-Sabotage
How do we get in our own way of achieving what matters to us the most? Many of us are familiar with the pattern of taking one step...
Alexandra Massey
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What Are The Most Common Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is generally diagnosed after we experiences symptoms for at least one month following a traumatic...
Alexandra Massey
- 6 min
Feeling Suicidal? Read this...
In our most depressed state of being we can experience thoughts of suicide. We may feel ravaged by the world and think that the only way...
Alexandra Massey
- 8 min
6 Tips To Survive A Dysfunctional Family Christmas
Looking forward to a Happy Christmas? Not if you’ve come from a dysfunctional family. Ever caught a re-run of Arrested Development? The...
Alexandra Massey
- 12 min
What Are The Dysfunctional Family Archetypal Rules And Roles?
There are 3 rules and 5 roles that make up the results of an archetypal dysfunctional family. These rules and roles are the key drivers...
Alexandra Massey
- 7 min
What Are Social Anxiety Symptoms?
We all know the feeling of being uncomfortable, shy or nervous in a social situation. Consequently, we may have clammed up when meeting...
Alexandra Massey
- 7 min
How To Change Dysfunctional Family Relationships For Good
Do you remember the last family upset you had? Maybe you were the centre of it. Then again you may have been a bystander but still...
Alexandra Massey
- 8 min
Suffering From Depression Unmotivated And Uninspired?
Depression is very misunderstood, especially by those who’ve never suffered. It’s so much more than simply being sad and unmotivated. The...
Alexandra Massey
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How To Handle Dysfunctional Family Members
Many of us have family members whose values and/or behavior are questionable. They maybe heavy drinkers, religious fanatics, sexual...
Alexandra Massey
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How Can A Dysfunctional Family Affect A Child?
What Is a Dysfunctional Family? As children of dysfunctional families we thought our life was terrible and that we’d had the worst...
Alexandra Massey
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How Can I Help My Depressed Child? Here's 10 Tips
Having a child who's depressed can be heartbreaking. Here's 10 tips to help get them, and you, through the toughest times. 1. Take a look...
Alexandra Massey
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The Dysfunctional Family And Mental Illness
Growing up in a household with parents who have some form of ‘mental illness’ produces children with lower self‐esteem, teens with...
Alexandra Massey
- 9 min
Narcissism What Are The Signs?
When you think of a narcissist, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was all about celebrity reflected vanity and grandiosity. In our selfie...
Alexandra Massey
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If You Were Raised In A Dysfunctional Family How To Overcome The Unspoken Rules
What Is A Dysfunctional Family? There’s no government benchmark on what constitutes a dysfunctional family. However, if you identify with...
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