Increase Your Self-Esteem E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Health & Wellbeing
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 30

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about increasing your self-esteem with this straightforward guide.

We have all felt self-conscious or insecure at one point or another, and minor hang-ups or complexes are a normal part of being human. However, when left unchecked, these worries can have a major impact on our social lives and relationships with other people, so taking some time to work on your self-esteem is a vital step towards improving your quality of life and overall wellbeing.

In just 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify the sources of your insecurities and hang-ups
• Develop a more positive image of yourself and recognise your strengths
• Accept your flaws and stop letting your insecurities control your life

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Increase your self-esteem

Problem: we have all felt self-conscious about something at one point or another. Whether we have a body part we do not like, an inferiority complex or even a surname that we find embarrassing, these insidious hang-ups can soon have a negative impact on our personal, professional or social lives if we are unable to move past them.Aims: to start viewing your insecurities positively and feel more comfortable in your own skin.FAQs:Are we all equally susceptible to feeling self-conscious?Are our insecurities caused by the media? Although I am well into adulthood, my mother’s criticisms still affect me. Is this normal?Is psychoanalysis necessary to improve my self-esteem?I have tried everything to feel good about my body, but it still disgusts me. Is cosmetic surgery the only solution?I feel unsophisticated compared to other people. How can I hide this from them?My colleagues make fun of my lack of character. How can I start standing up for myself?My friends make fun of my lisp. How can I tell them that I find their jokes hurtful?

All of us, no matter our background, have things that we feel self-conscious about, but these things are typically difficult to pin down, understand and overcome. They are complex and contradictory: they are at once universal and taboo, shared and intimate, tangible and concealed, and they both help shape our identity and hold us back. Although all of us will struggle with insecurities at one point or another, we can control how much we let them affect us and how we deal with them.

Insecurities are generally thought of as the enemy, and this can be clearly seen in the language we use to talk about them: we talk about beating or overcoming them, terms which suggest a battle or struggle which can only end when we destroy our opponent or they destroy us.

Although insecurities are often viewed as external threats that can be destroyed, in reality they are a part of us and play a role in our personal development. This is both normal and unavoidable; the important thing is therefore to not let ourselves be beaten down, but rather to control, accept and even appreciate the things we feel most self-conscious about. Conversely, if we let ourselves fixate on them, our daily lives and relationships with other people will suffer. Putting time and effort into working on our self-esteem is therefore essential, as our wellbeing depends on self-acceptance.

Insecurities: the enemy within

Where do our insecurities come from?

The role of the past

Psychologists unanimously accept that our insecurities have multiple causes, but that these causes generally come from within the person themselves (their experiences and personality) and the environment they grew up in (their upbringing and schooling). You should therefore find that many of your current problems can be explained by your past.

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