What you just did is known as a value affirmation. This intervention traces back to Dr. Claude Steele’s pioneering work in the early 1980s on threats to the self. He and his colleagues demonstrated ...

New research has highlighted how even brief self-affirmations – reflecting on your positive attributes – can boost general well-being and sense of self-worth, with the effects being felt longer-term.

The research evidence across four new studies reveals the importance of affirming one's sense of self to bolster our depleted self-control. I think this research underscores the deeply existential ...

Self-affirmations – brief exercises in which people reflect on their core values, identity and positive traits – can increase people’s general well-being and make them happier in small but significant ...

Self-affirmations – brief exercises in which people reflect on their core values, identity and positive traits – can increase people's general well-being and make them happier in small but significant ...

Very few thinking styles are always beneficial or always harmful. The key is to be flexible and choose the approach most suited to your situation.

「上司に叱られた、自分はできない人間なんだ…」 「大事なプレゼンで失敗してしまった、皆に合わせる顔がない…」 仕事でミスをすると落ち込みますよね。 自分を客観視し、反省をするのは良いこと。でも、必要以上に自分を責めて自信を失ってしまう ...

Positive phrases can interrupt negative thinking, ease stress, and support a steadier path forward with bipolar disorder. Words — whether spoken or thought — carry incredible weight. They are capable ...