Slow your thoughts
Take a little time every day to clear your thoughts, and it will be a lot easier to tame the fear-based voice that makes you feel bad about yourself.
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October 16, 2016
Wonder... by Vern
Short messages on Self-esteem and body confidence issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Savannah is raising awareness about social anxiety by The home of Fixers on Flickr
Challenge your thoughts
You may not catch every self-critical thought, but with practise over time you’ll catch more and more, and the progress will add up.
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October 8, 2016
Solution! by Katie Inglis
Change your limiting beliefs
Once you identify a limiting belief – such as “I’m not lovable” – you can start to change it by looking for evidence to support the opposite belief.
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October 7, 2016
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You have worth
You may see small mistakes as evidence that you’re unworthy. You may interpret your challenges as proof that you’re incompetent. Neither of these things are true, and you don’t have to believe them.
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September 27, 2016
Girl with love heart image by jill111
“It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.”
Byron Katie said “It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.” There’s a difference between depending on people for support and depending on them for self-esteem.
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September 26, 2016
Friends! by Dawn Pennington
You are needed
We need you out here in the world; don’t cheat us of your gifts by getting stuck in low self-esteem.
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September 21, 2016
Happy by Jeroen Werkman
Healthy self-esteem needs self-compassion
Healthy self-esteem requires self-understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness, plus large doses of self-compassion. It needs ongoing vigilance and upkeep until you’ve formed healthier habits of self-esteem.
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September 20, 2016
Happy by Jeroen Werkman
Learn to trust yourself
Self-esteem rises when you know you can trust yourself, when you trust your own instincts and intuition over the ideas of others, and when you’ve proven to yourself that you can face disappointment and frustration without becoming destabilised.
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September 13, 2016
Happy by Jeroen Werkman
Measure your choices against what matters to you
Take time to identify what matters most to you. Measure all your choices and actions against these core values, making sure they match up.
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September 12, 2016
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Hone your strengths
Cultivate extra self-confidence by choosing one item from your “strengths list” and honing it further until it turns into something you can be even more proud of. Actively direct your attention to creating the kind of experiences you want in life and becoming the person you want to be.
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September 4, 2016