To analyze is to take apart, to separate cognitively into component parts. To synthesize is to put the parts together, and see the whole. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the ... Read More about Analyzing and Synthesizing
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Supporting and Practicing Learning, Teaching, and Education
In every cognitively advanced species, teaching, learning, and education are essential dynamics of healthy and productive individual and social living. I have come to believe that a great teacher ... Read More about Supporting and Practicing Learning, Teaching, and Education
Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Discovery
Self-discovery is the process of acquiring self-understanding. The process can be as memorable and as enduring as the result. ... Read More about Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Discovery
Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Understanding
"How well do I understand myself?” No tree tries to become a certain kind of tree. No flower tries to become a certain kind of flower. The tree and the flower open up to the sun and soak up water. ... Read More about Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Understanding
Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Respect
To respect is to look upon, so self-respect is a measure of how a person sees herself. It includes an emotional component, which is predominant in any gestalt view of a person. Self-respect is ... Read More about Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Respect
Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Awareness
Humans are aware of themselves at a level and to a degree not seen in any other species. The human child progressively becomes self-aware during the first four or five years of life. This ... Read More about Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Awareness
Cultivating and Nurturing Self-Esteem
Self-esteem (how do I feel about myself?) Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men. [attributed to Tracy McMillan] ... Read More about Cultivating and Nurturing Self-Esteem
Supporting
Supporting someone emotionally is a way of reassuring them. Sometimes, people need an affirmation like that, for their mental well-being or to continue on a forward path. When someone cares ... Read More about Supporting
Nurturing
Nurturing is an extension of comforting. It is emotionally satisfying but more important, it facilitates growth and a sense of self-worth. Nurturance is protection's more affirming twin. Both are ... Read More about Nurturing