The ability to forgive oneself for mistakes, large and small, is critical to psychological well-being. Difficulties with self-forgiveness are linked with suicide attempts, eating disorders, and ...

So often I meet people who have violated their own conscience and they now carry around a self-loathing in their heart every day of their life. The act becomes a kind of final self-judgment on who the ...

My mom suffered from several health issues for many, many years before she passed away in December 2014. As a result, I found myself very depressed for several months. I felt a very intense and deep ...

(The Conversation) — Ahead of the Jewish High Holidays, repentance and forgiveness are on many people’s minds. But self-forgiveness is important for personal growth, too. (The Conversation) — As the ...

Years ago at a forgiveness class for Stanford Continuing Studies, one of us met a man who once had a wife and two children and a good job. But he threw it all away because of a gambling addiction that ...

The concept of self-love has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Once dismissed as mere narcissism or selfishness, genuine self-acceptance and compassion for oneself now emerge as ...

We tend to be harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else. And sometimes, we beat ourselves up for even the tiniest mistakes (guilty!). But whether you've made huge mistakes or tiny ones, ...

Procrastination is unfortunately something that most of us are familiar with. We’ve either experienced it firsthand or observed it in others: our students, children, employees, spouses, and more. It’s ...

When we talk about love, we often focus on the butterflies and romance, but rarely on the healing power of forgiveness. Learning to forgive is actually one of the most important skills you’ll need for ...