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Happy Friday the 13th

Unlike what the title suggests, most people in the world believe that Friday the 13th is a scary combination. Most people believe that if the 13th falls on Friday, bad things will happen. Believe it or not, believing in it makes it true.

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Published: February 13, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: lifestyle, self-fulfilling prophecy, kids / children, focus, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, emotional intelligence, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, anxiety, practical parenting / parents, fear, choice, beliefs, happiness, optimism

Awareness is Half the Solution

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This entry is part 18 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

Getting to know ourselves is the first step of any personal development process. If we want to grow and evolve, we must developer our self awareness. We should get to know the people we are, what we think, what we love, what we are afraid of, what we believe in, what we would do if…, what motivates us, what will take us forward and what we want out of life.

As part of the process, we might find that we are not happy with the answers, but they are necessary to start a change. First, we must know where we are if we want to start going in a different direction, because if we keep doing what we have always done, we will keep getting what we have always gotten.

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Published: February 3, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: May 18, 2020In: Personal Development Tags: personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, focus, emotional intelligence, choice, beliefs, identity, motivation, self confidence / self esteem / self worth

How to Help Kids with Fear

Fears are very natural in every person’s life. From an early stage of our life, we are scared of various things. As we grow older and learn more about life, more of the world makes sense to us and many of our fears disappear.

Unfortunately, many kids are not treated seriously when they express their fears and this makes them even more afraid. Fear has many faces and symptoms and when it is not handled well, it can get out of proportion and lead to growing up with anxiety, panic attacks and depression.

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Published: January 22, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Kids / Children Tags: practical parenting / parents, emotional intelligence, anxiety, fear, beliefs, relaxation, kids / children, stress / pressure, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, self confidence / self esteem / self worth

What do I Think?

This entry is part 17 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

In this part of the Interview with Myself, you will discover questions about your way of thinking, your value and your beliefs. If you have a solid, well-defined answer for a question – excellent! It means you are confident in this area. If you are not sure, give the question some thought and discover what you really think about it.

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Published: January 19, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Personal Development Tags: focus, emotional intelligence, identity, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

Dark Chocolate Girl

Last week, during one of my workshop for “Together for Humanity”, one of the kids came to us in the break. She stood at the entrance of the community room, hesitating a bit. She was a beautiful looking girl, tall and dark, and looked like she had come from Africa.

“Can I ask you something?” she asked in a shy voice.

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Published: January 9, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Beautiful people, Relationships / Marriage, Kids / Children Tags: acceptance / judgment / tolerance, behavior / discipline, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, body image, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, communication, emotional intelligence, beliefs, change, k-12 education, kids / children

What if

Money
This entry is part 16 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

Last time, I wrote about the conflict between the two minds – the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Confusion is a big sign of the war between the two minds and getting to know ourselves is a good way to find balance, self esteem and happiness.

The “if” part of the interview with myself deals with our most precious desires to love, to be loved, to have control, power, stability, success and self esteem. It is very important for us to be honest with ourselves and discover what we want in life.

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Published: January 5, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Personal Development Tags: focus, vision, success, emotional intelligence, identity, change, motivation, positive attitude tips, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

Emotional Bill of Rights

Every New Year’s Day gives people hope. I think it is in the air – vibes of a new start, vibes of new goals and many new desires for a new us, a new life and even a new world. We all want the good to increase and the not-so-good to shrink until it fully disappears and we wish that the new year will be full of health, wealth, love, friendship and happiness (what else is there?).

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Published: December 31, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: success, emotional intelligence, fear, change, happiness, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, health / wellbeing, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents

War Between Two Minds

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This entry is part 15 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

To increase your self esteem, it is good if you know what you can appreciate in yourself. People with low self esteem simply do not realize how much or how well they do things. For many of the big questions in life, they answer “I’ve never thought about it” or “I don’t know”.

The subconscious mind, however, knows very well what it thinks about itself and many times, we react in a way that we do not understand.

We want to be fit, but we eat too much, we want to have good relationships, yet we fight a lot, we want to succeed, but we do not even try. We want to reach out and touch someone, but instead we lose contact.

This happens when the conscious mind and the subconscious mind are not going in the same direction. The conscious mind does not know why it does that to itself.

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Published: December 29, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: May 18, 2020In: Personal Development Tags: focus, emotional intelligence, identity, change, positive attitude tips, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

Watch Your language or Lose Your Kids’ Trust

This entry is part 14 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

When we talk about kids’ self esteem, we need to remember that a big part of it is instilled by parents, teachers and other important people in their life, called “socializing agents”. What these people say and do is the most important in the eyes of the kids who look up to them.

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Published: December 19, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: May 18, 2020In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: communication, trust, safety, relationships / marriage, kids / children, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, practical parenting / parents

The "Other" Parent

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In many marriages, one partner is the main “bread winner”, spending his time (or her time, but mostly his) outside the home, being busy with work-related stuff some of the time at home and needing support from the “other” partner (typically the woman). This creates an imbalance in the family.

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Published: December 3, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Success / Wealth, Relationships / Marriage Tags: change, relationships / marriage, lifestyle, family matters, career, needs, focus, positive attitude tips, money, stress / pressure, emotional intelligence, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, choice, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

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