Is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and whether you're optimistic or ...

Self-affirmations can help increase your self-worth and motivation. With regular practice, you can shift your focus toward your strengths and adapt to new circumstances more easily. Self-affirmation ...

Let's talk about what we're really up against. More than 1 in 4 (27%) started struggling with negative body image issues when they were just 10 years old or younger. These struggles don't magically ...

Self-affirmation theory was proposed by psychologist Claude Steele in the late 1980s and remains popular today. The theory suggests we have a deep desire to craft a personal narrative that we are ...

I’ve heard it from music performers of all kinds, from highly trained classical musicians to the regular singers at my small town bar’s karaoke night: “I’m my own worst critic,” they’ll tell me as ...

Self-esteem feels like one of the most personal things we have, but it was never meant to function as a private "truth meter." Instead, it evolved as something closer to a social instrument panel that ...