Empowered Parenting: A three part series on how to empower parenting by strengthening the family unit
By Eric Putnam -
Empowered parenting takes advantage of the power of habits, routines and rituals, strengthens family relationships and the family as a whole.
Part 1: Take advantage of the power of habits, routines and rituals
What are habits, routines and rituals and how can they help me parent my child?
Habits are involuntary behaviors that occur because [...]
Self Esteem
By Irene Conlan -
The Olympics are over. The spectators and the athletes are going home. The cleaning-up is underway. It ended on a high note with Canada winning that amazing hockey game (one of the most exciting hockey games I have ever seen). The closing ceremonies were spectacular. It’s finished.
But many memories and impressions will [...]
Agreements With Yourself
By Irene Conlan -
When you are serious about self improvement – when you want to be “the best that you can be” (no reference to the Army) – you keep an eye out for good guidelines, new approaches that make our journey feel fresh and new again. There is one book that I treasure [...]
Understanding Your Unique Potential
By Nacie Carson -
You have a unique potential that no one else in the world shares. The person you have the ability to be and the life you have the possibility to lead are completely original to you. Your unique potential makes you an integral element in the fabric of the human story, and whether [...]
We’re getting a new look for Christmas
As you can see we’re in the process of changing the face of The Self Improvement Blog. The pictures will all be back soon and in a few days it will all be finished. We hope you like the new look. Let us know how you like the changes.
By the way, don’t forget to watch [...]
I Want to be 6 Again
By Irene Conlan -
I came across this the other day and, as I reflect on Christmas and on how children experience it differently than adults, I decided that maybe you would like it, too. I don’t know who wrote it but I thank whoever did. If you, the author, read this, let me know [...]
Shopping for HER for Christmas
By Irene Conlan -
Christmas is almost here and some of you men are waiting for your Christmas Eve. run to the mall to do everything last minute. Some of you are just wondering what on this earth you can do to please her and be the hero who gave her just what she wanted. [...]
The Tiger Woods Media Feeding Frenzy
Isn’t it time for the sharks to retreat and leave Tiger Woods alone? Once the media gets the smell of blood in the water and a taste of flesh they just can’t put it down.
He messed up. Big time. He hurt his wife, his family, his career and, most of all, himself. He admitted it. [...]
A Dance Between Google and Self Improvement
By Irene Conlan -
Google and I must be in some kind of contemporary dance. For the last two or three months this blog has been traveling around Google landing on pages seemingly at random. I’ve been trying to figure it out and, along the way, found some self improvement lessons – quite a surprise. I [...]
Congratulations Danny Cahill
Danny Cahill won the Biggest Loser. He is a 39 year old land surveyor and musician from Oklahoma who weighted in originally at 430 pounds. Over seven months he lost 239 pounds on this reality show. His wife and children watched with delight and pride as he was declared the winner of the $250,000. He [...]
