“There’s nothing wrong with doing new things, pursuing activities, exploring new countries, meeting new people, acquiring knowledge and expertise, developing your physical or mental abilities, and creating whatever you’re called upon to create in this world…
“Now the question is, Are you looking for yourself in what you do? Are you attempting to add more to [...]

“We cannot create in a vacuum of isolation: we are helped along in the creative process by certain kinds of emotional support from others that help us to be at our best and to realize our full potentials.”
Psychologist Anne Paris, PhD.
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Jamie Lee Curtis says she embraces getting older: “I actually think there’s an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I’m stronger, I’m smarter in every way, I’m so much less crazy than I was then.”
Continued on Women and Talent.

“Like many sensitive, anxious elementary school kids, I was overwhelmed with my day to day life.
“I thought my sensory overload, deep empathy and social shyness meant there was something wrong with me. At the same time, I felt a strong sense of these traits being very important to my future.” Jenna Forrest
On April 23rd, the [...]

Much of this site is about how self-awareness impacts our creativity and personal development. But self-exploration can also get obsessive, or we may not find the right people to help, as Helen Mirren notes in her new memoir. Here is an excerpt:
Part of my job as an actress is to do interviews, but while I [...]

“Both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I labored in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering.”
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is one of many [...]

In a series of podcasts called Handling Toxic Criticism, Eric Maisel addresses, as he says, “the terrible toll that criticism takes, how it interferes with your ability to live your life purpose, and what you can do to reduce the effects of criticism in your life.” Here is an excerpt:
Once you have a sense of [...]

In his article The Four Emotions that can Lead to Life Change, personal development leader Jim Rohn notes, “Most of us need to be pushed to the wall to make decisions. And once we reach this point, we have to deal with the conflicting emotions that come with making them. …
“Making life-changing decisions can be [...]

According to The National Institute of Mental Health, in America alone, more than 6 million men have depression each year.
Here are some excerpts from a Los Angeles Times article:
In May 2003, four-time Superbowl quarterback Terry Bradshaw embarked on a multi-city campaign sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, maker of the antidepressant Paxil, to discuss his own lifelong depression [...]