The Dark Side of Self Improvement

Today’s Inspiration: highexistence.com

“There is so much about self improvement available lately. Great? Or not so great? For me, it sometimes seems like all these things give us the message that we are not good enough in all kinds of ways. That’s why I found this article so interesting!”

The Dark Side of Self Improvement

“Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.” -Rosalynn Carter

The dark side of self-improvement is that it feeds on our insecurities. If only I were x, could do y, looked like z then I would be confident and accept who I truly am. These crippling selfjudgments we make fuel addictions, loneliness, eating problems and perfectionism. In turn we combat these symptoms with the newest Band-Aid solution, another self-help program. But that never gets us any closer to the root of the problem.

Read all of it at highexistence.com