Self Worth

My dear sons, You are worthy of love and acceptance as you are. Period. Not when you reach a certain height. Not when you see a number on a scale or a size in your clothing. Not when you get better at school, a sport, or something else. Not when you find a significant…

Another day begins to fill in the tapestry of Who I Am in this life, and my continued effort to free myself from a sense of lack compounded by health problems is beginning to change my perspective yet again. Yesterday I was happy to have seen new thoughts and emotions…

As my husband Dima and I prepare for our daughter to join our family, we’ve discussed that one of the key values we hope to instill in our daughter is self-worth. …

Sit with the title of this blog for a while. What comes to your mind? Do a few scenarios come to your mind or do you feel that’s not possible? Love becomes torture when it is no longer love; when other emotions take over under the garb of love. And…

There is this slow realization that I’ve come to since being diagnosed with cancer. To understand how I got to the point where I’m at, you will need some background information on the kind of person I was before cancer. Like so many of us, I struggled with self-esteem, and…

And THAT Needs To Change — A good friend of mine is a Yoga practitioner & instructor. We were catching up after a long time. The conversation veered towards investing. I gave her a spiel on investment ideas, funds, and what to do. She continued sipping her tea with mirthful eyes. “Listen to my sentence. Are YOU investing in YOURSELF?” she asked. Now I was on the back foot. “What do you mean?” My friend said, “You are not investing in yourself. If you were, you would have talked about it more than stocks. And I will tell you why. You do not take yourself seriously enough. You are not putting yourself ahead of all else. It is not too late. Only investing in yourself (not stocks) can get you the best possible returns.”

Depression: what a word, what a concept, what a statement. Am I depressed? How do I fix depression? Is something wrong with me? Depression is 100% real and rampant in our society and something that we as a whole have exposed and brought to the light, as it remained hidden, shamed and unknown for so long. That being said, does…

How I learned to define my self-worth in a medium with a binary system of success — Written by Clay Wren Dread sets in the day of. My stomach aches, my hands are paralyzed. No form of comfort is solace to me. Thirty minutes before. I’m hyperventilating, overhydrating, paralyzed, detached to my own body. Competition is any minute now, and I’ve accepted my fate. I remember watching…