For fans of "Saturday Night Live," the word affirmation probably triggers memories of a character popular in the 1990s: Stuart Smalley. With his carefully coifed blonde hair and light-blue sweater, ...

Building your self esteem is more important than ever, given how easy it is to get lost in today’s harsh world. Between social media and, well, the media in general, we’re all feeling less confident ...

Whether you’re feeling proud of yourself after a major accomplishment or feeling down on yourself after a day when you can’t seem to get it right, the way you talk to yourself matters. That’s the idea ...

What you just did is known as a value affirmation. This intervention traces back to Dr. Claude Steele’s pioneering work in the early 1980s on threats to the self. He and his colleagues demonstrated ...

The mindset techniques of positive self-talk, affirmations, mantras and manifestation will help you improve your self-confidence, leading to achieving your career goals. Mostly everyone has an inner ...

Many individuals struggle with manifestation due to an exclusive focus on desired outcomes while operating from emotional ...

Self-affirmation, a psychological mechanism enabling individuals to reflect upon their core values and strengths, has emerged as a promising intervention strategy to bolster well-being and support ...

In the United States, nine percent of the population, or 28.8 million Americans, will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. The same study shows that there are about 10,200 deaths per year (or ...

Let’s try a quick exercise. The table below lists 15 values that most people find important. Select the two values that are most important in your life and think about why they’re important to you. It ...