Vivian Harte
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Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence Expert
Vivian Harte Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
- Best Sellers
- Self-Esteem for Dummies book
- Career Focus
- Author, Coach, Singer
- Affiliation
- Toastmasters, League of Women Voters, Society of Southweste Authors
Vivian Harte is the co-author of Self-Esteem for Dummies in the Dummies series. She has helped over 15,000 people learn and use assertiveness skills during the last 14 years. She teaches online classes on assertiveness, self-confidence, and teamwork. She offers group coaching and 1-on-1 coaching, and you can find out more about these at her website, self-esteem-for-me.com. She has a Bachelors degree in Sociology and a Masters degree in Public Administration. She taught college classes for many years in Tucson, Arizona. She has two grown children who are both successful. She lives in Tucson with her husband, three dogs and three cats.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
"How Self-Confident Are You? - Take the Quiz"
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/page-quiz/
"The 4 Steps to Confronting Another Person and Getting Your Way"
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/page-4-steps-confronting-another-person-getting-way/
"Essential Tools to Achieve Strong Family Relationships"
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/page-achieve-strong-family-relationships/
"Little Known Ways to Confidently Speak Up in Meetings"
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/page-speaking-meetings/
Free Audio & Video Samples
"Time is Change" song
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Time-is-Change.mp3
"Developing the Picture of Your Ideal Life" guided visualization
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Developing-the-Picture-of-Your-Ideal-Life.mp3
"Peaceful Heart" song
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Peaceful-Heart.mp3
Vivian Harte Audio & Video Programs
"Develop Assertiveness for Strength!" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-develop-assertiveness/
"Self-Confidence in the Workplace" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-self-confidence-in-the-workplace/
"Create Self-Confidence in Relationships" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-create-self-confidence-in-relationships/
"Change Your Inner Critic Into Your Best Friend" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-change-your-inner-critic-into-your-best-friend/
"Reach Your Goals and Create Positive Habits" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-reach-your-goals-and-create-positive-habits/
"How Self-Confidence Improves Your Life" Advanced Kit
http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/advanced-kit-how-self-confidence-improves-your-life/
Vivian Harte Books
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***Secrets to Writing Your Own Affirmations
Using affirmations is a key component to building new mental habits and beliefs about yourself. What you tell yourself about yourself is directly related to your self-confidence, how you feel about yourself and what you believe you can accomplish. By repeating positive affirmations, you encourage your sense of self-respect and improve your self-confidence.
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Foolproof Ways to Use Assertiveness to Request a Raise
You are looking at your bank statement, and you realize that you’ve been getting the same salary for a long time. You know that you’ve added a lot of value to your company or organization, and you feel you’re entitled to a raise. Last week, your mechanic told you that your car needs a major repair job, and you need the money for this additional expense. How do you request a raise in a way that is most likely to succeed? How do you request a raise in a confident manner? Research Your Worth to Your Employer
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Tips for Using Social Media in a Healthy Manner
While social media can be useful in connecting you to family, friends and colleagues, there can be many pitfalls. But you can avoid these pitfalls by following these words of advice. Spend a Limited Amount of Time on Social Media Probably the most important thing to do is to spend a limited amount of time on social media. Turn off your computer and do things in the real world.
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An Amazing Exercise for Reaching Your Goals
Every person has inner dreams and desires. You do too. You may feel there are many things you were born to do and to accomplish in this lifetime. You have natural talents and skills, things that come easily to you and activities you enjoy doing. There are numerous parts of life that bring you happiness and joy. Take these steps to reach your desires and make your dreams come true.
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***How Core Beliefs Run Your Life - For Good or Bad
Most people begin their journey into low self-confidence in their childhood. Our early environments affect us deeply, and we take in the messages we receive. As we hear these same messages over and over again, they take shape in our minds, and over time they form our core beliefs about ourselves. What Core Beliefs Are Your core beliefs can be formed by the messages you hear from many people - your parents, other adults in your life, and other children you are around, including your brothers and sisters, your cousins, your neighbors, your playmates, and your schoolmates.
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Are You a Perfectionist? Part 1
Perfectionists often use negative self-talk and measure their worth by how well they do things in a perfect manner. They often think things like: • “I can’t make a single mistake. Everything has to be just right.” • “There is only one right way to do things to make them the best.” • “People won’t accept me if I make any mistakes.” • “I don’t need help from others - I can do better than they can.”
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Are You a Perfectionist? Part 2
Perfectionism rears its ugly head when you feel you must do everything absolutely perfectly. If you don’t, there’s something wrong with you and your world will fall apart. Part 1, we looked what it means to be a perfectionist in three different ways. We’ll complete our investigation of the characteristics of perfectionists in this article. Waiting to Do Things at the Last Minute – Or Maybe Not At All
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Retrain Your Perfectionist Tendencies
Perfectionism surfaces in what you think, what you feel, and what you do. In order to retrain yourself, you’ll need to change things in each of these categories to make the biggest difference. In the end, you’ll be more productive, more satisfied, and closer in your personal relationships. Change Your Thoughts First, accept yourself for who you are. You’re talented and capable, and it’s about time you get some respect for it from yourself.
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Secrets to Choosing a Career that Fulfills You
Having confidence in the workplace begins with having the type of job that fits your skills, talents and interests. If there is a mismatch between your personality and your job, you’ll most likely be unhappy and you’ll have additional stress in your life. Determine Your Preference: Data, People or Things
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How to Effectively Interview for a Job
Have you ever walked into an interview feeling totally unprepared? You were attracted to the job they advertised, you liked the ambiance of the place of work, you felt welcomed by the receptionist. You even felt you were qualified for the position and that you would be an excellent employee. But you just weren’t comfortable being interviewed. Having self-confidence will make your interviews more effective. If you’re confident, you’ll be able to answer the questions well and ask intelligent questions of the interviewer too. What to Do Before the Interview
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Your Self-Talk Can Make You or Break You - Focusing on the Negative and Mind Reading
There are so many ways that your self-talk can add to your life or subtract to it. In this article, I’ll explain two types of mind games your self-talk can play with you: focusing on the negative while discounting the positive as well as mind reading. Let’s start with focusing on the negative while discounting the positive. Both of these ways of talking to yourself lead to low self-confidence. But they can be changed. Focusing on the Negative While Discounting the Positive
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Your Self-Talk Can Make You or Break You - Labeling and Comparing Yourself with Others
There are so many ways that your self-talk can add to your life or subtract to it. In this article, I’ll explain two types of mind games your self-talk can play with you: labeling and comparing yourself with others. Let’s start with labeling. Labeling
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Vivian Harte
Your sense of self-esteem and self-confidence is a mind-set that you hold within yourself about who you truly are. It affects every part of your life. In order to get the most from your life, your self-esteem and self-confidence need to be strong enough to enable you to do what you want and be the person you desire to be. Building your self-esteem and self-confidence is a personal journey to understanding yourself and the value you bring to the world.
This dynamic path of self-discovery includes understanding, affirming and owning your personal power. Real self-esteem and self-confidence come from an inner knowing that you are competent, self-assured, and worthy of a good life. It's recognizing that you can accomplish what you desire to do and be, that you have the ability to be successful in relationships, and that you are happy with who you are. Come join me in developing strong self-esteem and self-confidence so that you can live the life of your dreams.
Contacting Vivian Harte
How to get started
In this selfgrowth.com website, you'll find many of my articles about self-esteem and self-confidence that will assist you in your passage from low self-esteem to high self-esteem. Once you're more aware of where you're stuck and where you want to be, move on to my website self-esteem-for-me.com and enter the Beginner Pathway to delve deeply into the topic that appeals to you most - having confidence in your everyday life, transforming your thoughts, improving your relationships, being assertive, reaching your goals, and mastering your workplace.
The free beginning kits with 3 articles, 1 guided visualization, and 2 of my songs tip your toe in, and the advanced kits with many articles, guided visualizations, and songs give you a comprehensive understanding of what you need to know to move forward immediately.
In the Mastery Pathway, you can sign up for my online courses in self-confidence and assertiveness or read my Self-Esteem for Dummies book to have a more intense experience of how to increase your self-esteem and self-confidence.
Then in my Mentoring Pathway, you can join me in group coaching calls or 1-on-1 coaching calls to speed your growth even more quickly. Do you want to be stronger and believe in yourself? If so, it's time for a change!
Other highlights
Online courses on self-confidence and assertiveness - http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/online-courses-1/
Free Empowerment Session - http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/free-self-empowerment-session/
Coaching Calls - http://www.self-esteem-for-me.com/get-started/mentoring-pathway/