Loving oneself is not the same as being self-absorbed and/or narcissistic. It's actually quite the opposite. It’s the type of love that speaks to how you feel about yourself -- how worthy you feel, how you value and respect yourself. In my practice for over forty years, I find this to be one of the major issues for individuals. They may enter therapy presenting themselves with issues unrelated to self-love, but more often than not, those issues have developed due to a lack of

What is happiness? I believe happiness is different for different people. Some find happiness with financial success, some with material things/toys, some from work, some from hobbies, friends, and so forth. But if your happiness is tied only to a specific thing, which all are external, at some point in your day, you are with yourself. Then what? If it is only the external things in life that make us feel happy, then does that mean if these things cease to exist, we can no lo