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Why Rejection Hurts So Much—and What to Do About It

By Guy Winch — 2015

Psychologist Guy Winch shares some practical tips for soothing the sting of rejection.

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How to Be More Confident

Most of us want to get more confident … but we don’t know how. Confidence seems to increase with age, but what else can we do to consciously boost our confidence? Here are my best tips. What’s one of yours?

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Freedom from Self-Doubt—B.J. Davis—TEDxSacramentoSalon

A former felon, turned doctor, clinical director, and professor, Dr. B J Davis is living proof that our past doesn’t dictate our future. Our past can refine us. He shares his story of coming to the realization that he needed to create own miracle. Dr.

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Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem

If you struggle with low self-esteem, or you’re seeking positive and effective ways of building a healthy sense of self-worth, this much-anticipated fourth edition of the best-selling classic by Matthew McKay is your go-to guide.

Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning

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How to Permanently Boost Your Confidence

Self-confidence is one of those things the we recognize when we see it. But we don’t usually know how to build it. The reason is because we often misattribute self-confidence. We feel good when people give us compliments and assume that’s where self-confidence must come from.

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The Self-Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Improving Self-Esteem

From facing your fears to practicing acceptance and self-compassion, The Self-Confidence Workbook offers practical, accessible strategies to help you bring out your best self. You’ll learn how to guide yourself through self-confidence land mines in relationships, work, and health.

Barbara Markway, Celia Ampel

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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much—just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work—to make us feel that we are not okay.

Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield (foreword)

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Helen Mirren Graces the Cover of The Beautiful Issue: "Call It Swagger!" | PEOPLE

In this exclusive interview for the cover of PEOPLE’s Beautiful Issue, Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren opens up about why she prefers the word “swagger” over “beauty,” how her passion for driving led to her asking for a role in the 'Fast & Furious' franchise, and the...

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About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times

Based on the historic New York Times series, About Us features intimate, firsthand accounts on what it means, and how it feels, to live with a disability.

Peter Catapano (editor), Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (editor), Andrew Solomon (foreword)

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Do You Have ADHD and Low Self-Esteem? Here’s What to Do

Do you have poor self-esteem? In this new video, Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., M.B.A., explains why ADHD adults with low self-esteem allow themselves to be treated poorly—and offers advice for improving your self-esteem.

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Failed Relationships and Neurodivergence

Kristy touches on the history and trauma of failed connections for neurodivergent folks, the impact it has one self esteem and the complexity involved with future relationships moving forward.

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