by Atara Wertentheil | Oct 28, 2021 | Addiction
The average person is faced with temptations nearly every day. You may have the desire to eat unhealthy food when you are trying to stay conscious of what you eat, put off a project you know you should be working on, or go out with friends on a night you know you...
by Atara Wertentheil | Oct 14, 2021 | Resilience
Mistakes happen, as do the regrets that usually follow them. Worrying about what is to come also happens as a natural response to the unknown. But becoming obsessed with the past or future is a negative thought pattern that is easy to fall into. When you ruminate...
by Atara Wertentheil | Sep 22, 2021 | Resilience
One tactic for dealing with depression, anxiety, and feelings of unfulfillment is to understand the reasons behind the thought processes. Often we find that people experiencing a mental health challenge like these have not accepted their current reality. Maybe they...
by Atara Wertentheil | Sep 8, 2021 | Resilience
There is a saying about change that goes, “Better the devil you know than the one you don’t.” The idea here is that it is better to stick with what you know than to welcome change and potentially end up with a worse situation. The familiarity of what we already have...
by Atara Wertentheil | Aug 24, 2021 | Self Esteem and Confidence
Arrogance is an extreme confidence in one’s own abilities and knowledge with the thinking that everyone else is less capable. There is no accompanying humility, and an arrogant person’s perception of themselves is often inaccurate and instead covers for feelings of...