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Who Do You Think ‘You’ Are? Get a Meta-Perspective on Your Three Selves for a Liberated Mind

Simon Moesgaard — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:53:44 +0000

“Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.” – G. I. Gurdjieff Who do you think »you« are? Perhaps you think about yourself in terms of your memories, the roles you play, what’s important to you, or […]

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Why You Need Self-Compassion More Than Self-Esteem in Difficult Times, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:48:09 +0000

The literature of self-esteem tells us that we need to gain self-esteem to be succesful. But this might be all wrong and a widespread misconception, according to a longitudinal study of nearly 2500 students. I’ll introduce you to self-compassion as an alternative to self-esteem, and the reasons why you should develop self-compassion more than self-esteem. […]

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The Reasons Why People Maintain Negative Self-Evaluations

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:44:59 +0000

Why would people maintain negative self-evaluations when they result in a great degree of distress? What purpose do negative self-evaluations have? Do they help us solve our problems, or do they help us in some other way? It seems not. Negative self-evaluations are inevitable. They often appear in performance situations, but they may also originate from feelings of guilt […]

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