Category: Personal Growth

A dictionary page with the word "empathy" and its definition. The word "empathy" is being highlighted with a pink marker.

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Want to Move Up? Cultivate this Powerful Skill

Upward empathy is the ability to fully understand those more powerful than you: authority figures, managers, bosses; anybody with more prestige, or

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Nothing can be Everything

We court trouble when we ask any one thing to be our everything—one job to give meaning, one person to make us

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Talked To Your Shadow Lately?

In Jungian psychology, our shadow is the unconscious parts of ourselves that we repress: weaknesses, fears, unacknowledged or unhealed wounds, desires we

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Life is a Team Sport

Arnold Schwarzenegger was introduced as a ‘self-made’ man, a label he rejected and stated that he had the help of hundreds, if

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The Precious Gift of Noticing

When we actually see a person… not as a function, label, or bit player in a supporting role but as another human

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Peeling Back the Onion

Self-knowledge is a lifelong journey and the deeper we are willing to go, the greater the reward. To become truly self-aware requires

Young american woman enjoy some time in her house in Los Angeles, California.

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The Secret lies in the Feeling

Is there anyone reading this that does not desire peace of mind? Harmonious relationships? To love and be loved? Have more energy?

communication

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Not That You Care

A while back, someone tacked the phrase “not that you care” onto the end of a sentence. I was momentarily taken aback

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Resilience is a Learnable Skill Set

Folks, I do my best to plan ahead, to live smart and avoid dumb, to sidestep as many of life’s pitfalls and

A woman sitting inside a cardboard box in the middle of the room. Her head is down and she looks sad and alone.

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By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best

Decades and decades ago, I ran across a scrap of paper (post move-out in a vacant apartment), evidently a portion of a

A road with yellow lines in the middle and the words "keep going"

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One Day it Will All Be Done… NOT!

Folks, I’ve got to tell you, there really is no finish line. Oh, there is goal accomplishment and task completion, all good