Your Personal Renaissance

Narcissism

How to Recover From Narcissistic Parenting

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on March 28, 2024

How can you recover from narcissistic parenting? Explore 5 critical steps to recovery.

How can you recover from narcissistic parenting? Explore 5 critical steps to recovery.

Motivation

How Curious Are You?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on February 22, 2024

Are you curious? Curiosity may be one of your hidden strengths.

Are you curious? Curiosity may be one of your hidden strengths.

Self-Help

Where Do You Feel at Home?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on February 3, 2024

Where do you feel at home? To feel safe and secure, we need a sense of home, and here are some ways to find it.

Where do you feel at home? To feel safe and secure, we need a sense of home, and here are some ways to find it.

Microbiome

What Does Your Gut Have to Do With Your Mood?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on January 10, 2024

There's a strong connection between your microbiome and mental health.

There's a strong connection between your microbiome and mental health.

Stress

How Can You Deal With Stress and Lack of Control?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on December 4, 2023

If you've been feeling stressed and confused lately, you may be experiencing ambiguous loss. These five steps can help.

If you've been feeling stressed and confused lately, you may be experiencing ambiguous loss. These five steps can help.

Politics

How Not to Let Politics Ruin Your Family Dinner

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on November 1, 2023

Three powerful steps to create greater understanding.

Three powerful steps to create greater understanding.

Attention

Give Yourself a Break

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on October 27, 2023

Why not give yourself a break? Taking short breaks can improve your job performance as well as your health.

Why not give yourself a break? Taking short breaks can improve your job performance as well as your health.

Loneliness

How to Overcome Feeling Lonely and Powerless

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on August 16, 2023

If you've been feeling lonely and powerless, here are some empowering strategies from two award-winning coaches.

If you've been feeling lonely and powerless, here are some empowering strategies from two award-winning coaches.

Authenticity

What Do You Do When Life Falls Apart?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on June 13, 2023

What do you do when your world falls apart? How a crisis can be an opportunity to discover a new, more authentic life.

What do you do when your world falls apart? How a crisis can be an opportunity to discover a new, more authentic life.

Relationships

Why a Lack of Trust Is So Damaging

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on April 5, 2023

Why is a lack of trust so damaging? Try these strategies for building trust.

Why is a lack of trust so damaging? Try these strategies for building trust.

Resilience

Bringing Resilience and Hope to Young People Today

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on March 17, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Just one caring adult can make a major difference in a child's life.

A Personal Perspective: Just one caring adult can make a major difference in a child's life.

Creativity

How to Live More Creatively

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on March 12, 2023

Three powerful strategies to live more creatively from New York artist Loren Ellis.

Three powerful strategies to live more creatively from New York artist Loren Ellis.

Suicide

How Music Can Help Us Heal

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on February 21, 2023

If you're feeling anxious and stressed, music can help you feel better.

If you're feeling anxious and stressed, music can help you feel better.

Fear

Do You Live in a World of Fear?

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on January 21, 2023

Research reveals five key strategies to help us move from fear to hope in troubled times.

Research reveals five key strategies to help us move from fear to hope in troubled times.

Depression

Research Reveals the Healing Power of Beauty and Awe

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on January 4, 2023

Did you know that experiencing beauty can heal anxiety, depression, and inflammation?

Did you know that experiencing beauty can heal anxiety, depression, and inflammation?

Trauma

Re-Entry After Covid Isolation

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on December 8, 2022

Is emerging from Covid isolation making you anxious? These insights from Meredith's journey might help.

Is emerging from Covid isolation making you anxious? These insights from Meredith's journey might help.

Depression

Turning from Depression to the Light of Hope

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on October 7, 2022

Have you been struggling with depression? Here's a message of hope for World Mental Health Day.

Have you been struggling with depression? Here's a message of hope for World Mental Health Day.

Politics

Overcoming Political Hate and Polarization

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on September 1, 2022

Do you worry about increasing anger and political polarization? A non-profit offers strategies to help bridge the divide.

Do you worry about increasing anger and political polarization? A non-profit offers strategies to help bridge the divide.

Fear

How to Escape From the Prison of Fear

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on July 21, 2022

Have you been imprisoned by fear? Holocaust survivor and psychologist Edith Eger shares strategies for freeing ourselves.

Have you been imprisoned by fear? Holocaust survivor and psychologist Edith Eger shares strategies for freeing ourselves.

Meditation

New Ways to Find Joy in a Troubled World

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on May 31, 2022

A new film shows how the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu found joy in their lives and how you can find joy in your own.

A new film shows how the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu found joy in their lives and how you can find joy in your own.