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Candace Plattor, M.A.Registered Clinical Counsellor
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Registered Clinical Counsellor
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

honouring choices

June 4, 2015 by Candace Plattor

Is It a Reason or an Excuse? Maintaining Your Self-Respect in the Face Of Life’s Challenges

Have you ever used a reason as an excuse for not doing something? If so, you’re definitely not alone!It’s often very easy to confuse reasons and excuses. Lately I’ve discovered that I sometimes try to explain my excuses away as reasons—particularly when it’s about something I either don’t want to do or am fearful of following through on.As usual, the more I notice this tendency in myself, the more I see that pretty much all of us do this on a fairly frequent basis—whether we realize it or not. … [Read more...] about Is It a Reason or an Excuse? Maintaining Your Self-Respect in the Face Of Life’s Challenges

Filed Under: Self-Respect Tagged With: facing life challenges, honouring choices, maintaining self-respect, reason or excuse

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