Murphy

About Nancy Johnson-Murphy

Life Coach| Author|Speaker|Blogger

DO YOU LOVE YOU?

DO YOU TRULY KNOW HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF? How do you love yourself in a society that constantly bombards you with messages like, “You must have the perfect body, the perfect skin complexion, the perfect career, the perfect relationship, and the perfect life.” This ideology is further exacerbated by a media culture that preys on [...]

By | April 20th, 2017|Uncategorized|26 Comments

Self-Love Must Begin Within

Today, we hear a lot of talk about how we must first 'Love Ourselves.'  When you hear people say, "You must love yourself," do you really understand this concept fully? Does hearing the words 'you must love yourself' make you love yourself more? I would guess, probably not! I have discovered from my own life [...]

By | February 20th, 2017|Uncategorized|7 Comments

Social Acceptance

Do you need acceptance from others? Everyone for the most part crave social inclusion; whether it's on the playground, in the park, at the corner hangout, in the office, at school, or a professional organization. What happens when we are rejected or feel unaccepted? Lieberman and Eisenberger ran studies with adults that showed our brains [...]

By | January 11th, 2017|Uncategorized|9 Comments

How do you handle rejection?

What if we adopted the belief that rejection is a blessing in disguise sometimes? After all, rejection helps us quickly weed out people or circumstances that are not a good match for us. It’s easier to move on when you are not stuck wondering what you need to change in order to get approval from [...]

By | January 17th, 2017|Uncategorized|32 Comments

How Our Minds Create, Experience, and Destroy Things

Our mind is like a computer; if one puts faulty information in, out will come faulty answers. We can actually become what we think. Have you ever been thinking a negative or depressing thought, and your mood changed to sadness, anxiety or maybe even anger? James Allen wrote, “Man is made or unmade by himself; [...]

By | January 8th, 2017|Uncategorized|13 Comments