Displaying all posts for ‘July, 2010

Creating a New You in 40 Days

by July 19, 2010 » Add more comments.

Dawn McIntyre’s The New 10 is a book specifically targeted to women, but men and women alike can benefit from McIntyre’s concise summary of 40 ways to improve your self-image. That’s the essential theme of The New 10: 40 Days to Creating a Boldly [...] Read more »

Build Your Personal Growth Plans Around Strengths

by July 12, 2010 » Add the first comment.

It’s clear from the recent research studies out of positive psychology that a fundamental component of purposeful growth should be our personal and unique strengths. This term gained popularity with Dr. Martin Seligman’s landmark book, Authentic Happiness, which introduced the concept of unique personal strengths and called them signature strengths. At Seligman’s [...] Read more »

3 Common Causes of Relationship Conflict

by July 8, 2010 » Add the second comment.

If your relationships are characterized by conflict it could be that you’re triggering relationship problems with one or more of the following three common bad habits or bad manners. 1. Sure I’m listening, uh, what did you say again? If that’s your common response to something your partner has said, you’re [...] Read more »