Latest Blog

The 3-Step Plan to Building a Better Relationship

Category: Self Worth

The 3-Step Plan to Building a Better Relationship

This article first appeared on Happify In an earlier piece, I spoke about three unhealthy dynamics that can play out in intimate relationships. These dynamics are often based on the beliefs we developed in our early years and inhibit our ability to form relationships of trust and genuine connectio...

Read More

6 Ways to Provide Honest and Open Feedback to Others

This article first appeared on Happify Communication is an act of courage, especially when it happens in the form of advice and feedback. Even with the best of intentions, we give ourselves over to an unpredictable outcome—to our words blossoming in the mind of another, or being rejected and met ...

Read More

3 Simple Steps To Build Your Personal Brand

This article first appeared on Forbes As a woman, there are many reasons you may want to think about personal branding. You might be in a workplace where you feel you’re not getting the credit you deserve. You may be returning to the job market after taking a break to be home with the children. Y...

Read More

How to Prevent Disappointment from Turning into Shame

This article first appeared on Happify No one likes to make mistakes. Failures disappoint the most optimistic of us. But some people can let the disappointment turn into shame. As psychologist, author, and Wharton professor Adam Grant has said, we often let "This is awful" turn into "I'm awful." ...

Read More

Embrace Your Enoughness

If you’re like most women I know, it’s not often that you remind yourself that you’re enough. In fact, like them, you may be spending the majority of your time focusing on all the ways you’re not competent enough, confident enough, beautiful enough, or just not enough of something that you n...

Read More

4 Responses To Self-Doubt And How To Manage It

This article first appeared on Forbes How many times have you decided to change something about some aspect of your life and given up once the initial excitement slowly drifted away? How many times have you wanted to play bigger, pursue your dreams, have those difficult conversations, but done noth...

Read More

Do You Think You’re Too Sensitive? Here’s What to Do About It

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This article first appeared on Happify A casual remark from your boss destroys you. Meanwhile, your friend receives negative feedback about her performance and walks away unaffected. As you beat down on yourself, you wonder, "Why oh why, can't I be more like her? ...

Read More

Why Learning to Let Go is a Constant Struggle

  Most of us want to let go of control and perfection. And most of us struggle with it. Why? Because of the biological, societal, and sometimes personal cards we’re dealt. [Tweet "Not a moment that lasts too long, from the noon that transforms into evening to the future that turns into the ...

Read More

How to Say “No” with Compassion for Yourself and Others

It's already 6 p.m., and I’m still working on that project I took on for a friend. Dirty dishes line the counter, the groceries are yet to be done, and the kids are fighting downstairs—they must be hungry. But dinner may not be ready for a while. I’m not in the midst of a creative outpouring...

Read More