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Hard Skills are the individuals technical abilities while Soft Skills are the individuals personal and interpersonal abilities. This all relates to self-esteem.

10 Feb

What Are Your Hard and Soft Skills?

Self-Esteem

Hard and Soft Skills Most people have a combination of hard skills and soft skills. What are hard and soft skills? In its most basic […]

Empowerment can be derived from someone calling you a Bitch, or other such names due to their inability to control you or your actions.

27 Jan

Being Called Bitch Can Be Empowering (Revisited)

Communication, Self-Esteem

Being called a bitch has always felt like a badge of honor to me. No one has ever called me that name when they felt […]

Altruism - Did you know that hundreds of thousands of volunteers support U.S. state and federal parks annually?

13 Jan

Altruism: Why it’s Important?

Stress

What is Altruism? When someone has a genuine, unselfish regard for the welfare of another living being, it is called altruism. It is the giving […]

This reflection represents self-esteem, your own mental picture of yourself and how you see yourself.

30 Dec

How to Improve Your Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem

Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. One of the reasons people seek therapy is to improve their […]

16 Dec

Overt and Covert Reasons for Disagreements

Anger, Communication

Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. The following is a brief excerpt from my book, Be Angry, […]

The Range of Feelings is like this river where the water flows at various levels of intensities. Areas with fewer rocks and/or less drop in level is not as intense as other areas of the river.

02 Dec

The Range of Feelings and Various Intensities

Feelings

Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. Understanding feelings can be very difficult. What may not be understood […]

The term "Squirrel" is sometimes used when distractions occur and people lose their attention, taking them away from what they were focus was on.

18 Nov

The Important Cost of Distractions

Anxiety, Communication, Resilience, Stress

Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. The following is a brief excerpt from my latest book, How […]

Natures way of demonstrating that working together to attack a problem, is more successful than attacking the person or each other.

04 Nov

It’s Better to Attack the Problem, Not the Person

Communication, Relationships, Self-Esteem

Do you live your life attacking “the problem” or do you attack “the person”? More than likely, you will attack the person. Specifically, you will […]

Lessons can be learned from how to win or lose gracefully in a competition like Go-Kart racing.

21 Oct

Responding to Those That Don’t Win or Lose Gracefully

Anger, Books, Communication, Feelings, Resilience

Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. The following is a brief excerpt from my book, The Win-Lose […]

This rock wall in the woods represents a land boundary. Enforcing boundaries help prevent other land owners from straying onto their property.

07 Oct

Strengthening & Enforcing Boundaries: Your How to Guide

Communication, Domestic Abuse, Resilience, Self-Esteem

Comments from Kathryn Maietta, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. Identifying and strengthening boundaries is something I have frequently talked […]