Life Lessons

Observations, insights, and tools for creating a meaningful life and building satisfying, close relationships by therapist and life coach Christyn Nelson, MFT. Check back for updated posts once or twice each week! For more information about my counseling and coaching services, see www.christynnelson.com

Showing posts with label self-esteem. Show all posts

Showing posts with label self-esteem. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2014

Making Friends With Yourself

Nobody is born disliking themselves. Along the journey growing up, far too many people develop the habit of making themselves miserable by...

Monday, August 4, 2014

Self Esteem: A Family Matter

How do you raise a child with high self-esteem and confidence when they tackle life's inevitable challenges? It begins with you, or ...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Are the Kids Too Busy?

In the Sunday, October 13, 2013, "This Life" column of the New York Times , there was a great article written by Bruce Feiler ca...

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Encouraging Your Child the Right Way

Parents often worry about their children's self-esteem, and try to find a balance between being too stingy with praise and overdoing...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

What is a Good-Enough Parent?

Psychologist, writer, and researcher Bruno Bettelheim coined the term "good enough" parent. It's a useful one. It remi...

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Don't Do Their Laundry:Tips on Raising Great Teens

It happens in my counseling office all the time. Just this week, I discovered several more parents of teenagers that are doing their teen’...

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