My recent post, How to Break the Self-Defeating Habit of Negative Labels, sparked requests for further elucidation with examples. So here goes. If life seems more frustrating than not, you may be ...

Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child’s identity. By labelling children, for example categorising them as “lazy” or “clever”, we may actually be doing them a disservice. We might see ...

Many adults grew up with the adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” as a means of parents arming children for inevitable encounters with bullies. Author Alicia ...