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, ...

Changing your life for the better is what self-improvement is all about. Any area of your life that you wish to improve, from physical health — to mental health, relationships to career to finances.

Self-affirmations – brief exercises in which people reflect on their core values, identity and positive traits – can increase people’s general well-being and make them happier in small but significant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This month separates real commitment from New Year enthusiasm in ways nothing else can.

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

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 ...