There was no conversation about the green one when the resurgence of calling outpersonal/dating red flags. Green flags are reminders of your personal growth and all thepositive things you have done. In this rollercoaster we call life, it is essential to identify andacknowledge all red flags BUT celebrate, mention and wave all your green flags.Continue reading “Personal Green Flags”
Tag Archives: Personal Development
Self-Deprecation: A healthy habit or self-destructive behaviour
How would you react in this situation: You receive a great compliment about how good your jacket looks on you – what do you do? A) Say: thanks Shrug and smile Comment all things wrong with the jacket and deflect from the praise If your usual reaction is C, you may have some self-deprecation habits. Continue reading “Self-Deprecation: A healthy habit or self-destructive behaviour”
Drawing Boundaries
I’m sure you’ll all agree that it’s so exciting that lockdown 3.0 is finally starting to come to an end. That, coupled with the arrival of Spring, the warmer days and the longer nights, and I don’t know about you, but recently I’ve been feeling quite exhilarated. For me that exhilaration has translated into wantingContinue reading “Drawing Boundaries”
Finding Self-love
We all know that Valentine’s day is a couple days away, which is usually associated with showing your love. It’s a competition to show how much you love someone and show your friends/family you’re in a relationship, no matter how toxic it may be. It’s a day where you declare, on social media, that you haveContinue reading “Finding Self-love”
Pause for reflection
I want to start this post as I mean to go on – with positivity and love – so first of all I’d like to congratulate you! Yes, you! 2020 was a year which tested us all in ways we could never have imagined. Whether you found yourself suddenly isolated, or spending a bit too much timeContinue reading “Pause for reflection”
Does your attachment style affect your approach to dating?
When I finished my degree I didn’t think that, some of the psychological theories I learned at the time would have me questioning myself all these years later, but recently one of the most famous developmental theories has been playing on my mind. Attachment Theory explained by psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth proposes thatContinue reading “Does your attachment style affect your approach to dating?”
GUEST POST: My Social Purpose by Jessi’Nyota
When you go through life so set on Plan A, dismissing that you’ll ever need a plan B or C, it can be disheartening when Plan A does not live up to your expectations. I’ve always loved working with children and deemed a career in teaching to be the perfect fit. I did start toContinue reading “GUEST POST: My Social Purpose by Jessi’Nyota”
Level up: How do I get there?
If you’re reading this post then I know you’re interested in leveling up your life, or at least interested to see what I got to say! Many of you reading this would be familiar with the term ‘level up’ but for those who aren’t, it’s also another way of saying ‘re-invent yourself’ or ‘upgrade yourContinue reading “Level up: How do I get there?”
Let it go: Seeking validation from others
‘Finding oneself whilst seeking approval from others means the murder of oneself’ – Unknown Validate: to recognise or affirm the validity or worth of (a person or their feelings or opinions); cause (a person) to feel valued or worthwhile. Many of us are susceptible to seeking validation externally more than we seek it internally, mostContinue reading “Let it go: Seeking validation from others”
Self-doubt: How I deal with it
‘Our doubts are traitors,and make us lose the good we oft might win,by fearing to attempt’ – William Shakespeare Let’s talk about our good old friend. The friend that can leave you feeling unworthy, doubting yourself and place barriers in your life. The friend that you know holds you back but you still invite aroundContinue reading “Self-doubt: How I deal with it”
Millennial Femme 