Struggling to break free from unhealthy habits or emotional cycles? This article explores why we repeat painful patterns, whether they relate to self-doubt, anxiety, shame, or unhealthy behaviors. It also addresses how developing compassionate self-awareness can help you move forward with confidence and create lasting change.

When you feel negatively toward yourself, healing involves developing compassionate self-awareness and, ultimately, self-acceptance.

Everyone is afraid sometimes. Learn to respond to it by developing compassionate self-awareness, a skill that can help you nurture self-compassion and feel good about yourself while deciding how best to handle your fear.

Rejection sensitivity can be difficult to live with. Using the framework of attachment theory, learn how to cope in healthy ways with rejection.

Do you ever wonder why you are so insecure, even when you don’t think you have a good reason to be? This general sense of insecurity is likely an expression of anxious attachment.

What is attachment theory, and how does it affect you in relationship with others?