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Self-Efficacy – How We Can, Not Why We Can’t

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Fri, 14 May 2021 13:00:40 +0000

The title of this blog post comes from a Ted Talk by Peter Sage. I'll link to the video below so you can watch it yourself. In the video, Sage talks about the incredibly limiting impact of self doubt. A quote of his I really liked is "You will never rise above your own opinion…

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Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:37:46 +0000

You Can Bank On it Psychological capital in many ways is like a savings account for our well-being. Just as it is good to save money for a rainy day, it is good to build psychological capital. It is beneficial for good days and allows us greater comfort and safety in taking risks, being vulnerable,…

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The Dangers of Tying Your Self-Worth to Money

Neil Petersen — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:58:03 +0000

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy happiness, but that doesn’t mean that people’s ideas of “self-worth” and “net worth” don’t start to overlap sometimes. A newly published study gives a warning about the possible consequences of seeing money as something that gives you “value” as a person, so to speak. The authors of the…

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Study Sheds Light on Link Between Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Relationships

Neil Petersen — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:27:24 +0000

The advice that other people will like you more if you like yourself sounds reasonable enough, and there’s some scientific basis for saying that it’s true. Psychology studies have tended to show that people with higher self-esteem have stronger interpersonal relationships. Still, it’s been unclear why that’s the case. Do people with higher self-esteem subsequently…

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Self-Critical People Have Different Emotion Recognition Skills

Neil Petersen — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 03:17:41 +0000

Some people are much harder on themselves than they would ever be on other people. This tendency toward self-criticism can interfere with people’s ability to enjoy the many benefits of self-compassion. The reasons why some people are more self-critical are complex and not very well understood by psychology researchers. One question that might be worth…

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