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January 7, 2021 Changing for the Better, Getting Along with Others, Managing Our Emotions, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Grownups Know The Difference Between Shame and Guilt

In an evening setting a handmade ladder is leaned up against a one story house to access the roof. This photo is used to represent the emotional ladder we climb to be mature. The first rungs are Shame and Guilt.

Want to be a grownup? Learning the difference between Shame and Guilt is a first step. Being able to name your emotion as you experience it and managing your emotions as they flow through you are two of the six steps of being an emotionally mature person. In other words, doing this work is...

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November 18, 2020 Changing for the Better, Getting Along with Others, Uncategorized 1 Comment

To be Emotionally Mature, Keep Climbing

Child on ladder against blue sky signifying growing up and becoming emotionally mature.

Not everyone who grew older grew up, but you can. Being “grown up” is an accumulation of skills, habits, and character traits. Some people get there faster and more easily than others, but no worries, this isn’t a race. We do, however, progress more swiftly if we look to do our personal best as...

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July 7, 2020 Changing for the Better, Getting Along with Others 1 Comment

Keeping Good Character On Track

Train coming out of a tunnel in a colorful autumn scene in the mountains is used here to think of staying on track with our character choices

Good character is built by being honest, kind, fair, and brave simultaneously. If your character isn’t as grand as you’d like, maybe you have a wrong desire embedded in your heart. These are four desires that commonly derail our good character choices: The desire to be liked The desire to have the most The...

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