Degrees of Freedom

Exploring the complexities of modern relationships.

Relationship Self-Esteem: Contingent Connection

Relationships, when they are good, are so very good. They can fill us up, make us feel complete, enhance who we are as a person, and contribute to a sense of self-worth. But what happens when that sense of completeness begins to completely determine how we feel about ourselves? Read More

Self-esteem is challenging to

Self-esteem is challenging to uphold, especially after falling out of a relationship. I suggest taking a look at this continuing education website to check out great strategies on how to nurture your self esteem.

http://onlineceucredit.com/selfesteem-sea

Do we really have the right to make another person change?

If you love someone whether it be a life partner or a friend, but in time little things begin to irritate so you try to get them to stop those irritating things or change their personality traits so that you can continue to love/like them but while doing that in fact you make that person feel a little bit less confident, less intelligent, not quite adequate enough and full of self doubt - is it really that person who is the one with the problem when they have been that way since you first met and you first decided that you wanted to spend more time with them? Or is it really a case that they are not the ones with a problem, the problem is yours? It is you who after all is feeling irritated not them.

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Kelley Quirk is a doctoral graduate student studying counseling psychology at the University of Louisville.

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