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Michael J. Formica, MS, MA, EdM is a psychotherapist, social scientist, and educator in Westport CT. He is an Initiate in the Shankya Yoga lineage. See full bio

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Negative Self-perception and Shame

We hear a great deal about self-esteem. But what is self-esteem, really? Self-esteem is our opinion of ourselves, based on others' perceptions. So, how is it that we all, or at least many of us, have such a distorted and negative self perception? Good question. Read More

hmmm, interesting, this

hmmm, interesting, this might mean that we are creating criminals because of the way we deal with them, we changed their self concept until they were convinced that are criminals (though i am not saying all of them are innocent)

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