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...
by Marc Shulman | Aug 17, 2021 | Self Esteem and Confidence
When people describe something – how they are feeling today, a past experience, what they think about their performance or appearance, or nearly anything else – they often choose one word in a pair of opposites. Maybe they are doing good today, their last...
by Atara Wertentheil | Aug 10, 2021 | Self Esteem and Confidence
Our purpose in life is one of the biggest decisions we will make, but also one of the hardest. A purpose informs many of our goals and what we define as success. Without a purpose, the lack of direction can contribute to feelings of directionlessness and unhappiness,...
by Atara Wertentheil | Jul 24, 2021 | Self Esteem and Confidence
One of the things that we talk about to each and every one of our couples counseling and therapy clients is that they are their own unique individual. They have their strengths, their weaknesses, their passions, and their preferences. Over the course of everyone’s...
by Marc Shulman | Jul 29, 2020 | Resilience, Self Esteem and Confidence
Most people at some point in their lives have been told to “dream big and work hard.” While this is definitely a motivating factor when we’re young, we know as adults that this is really just the first step in a much larger process. Achieving our dreams and reaching...
by Marc Shulman | Feb 27, 2020 | Self Esteem and Confidence
There is an old saying that goes “Man Plans and God Laughs.” The idea behind this saying is that, no matter how much you plan something, the reality is that it’s never going to go exactly as expected. Frequently, there will be issues that go wrong,...