How To Boost Your Self-esteem

Feb 2, 2024 | Health, Lifestyle, Yoga & Vitality

In this article I will focus on providing some useful supportive tools to help you build your self-esteem.

Self-esteem is your overall sense of worth or value as a person. It’s how much you respect, appreciate, and accept yourself.

When your self-esteem is high you feel good about yourself, you’re confident in your abilities, and you believe that you can handle whatever life throws your way.

When your self-esteem is low, you may feel doubt, insecurity and worthlessness, such feelings can make it difficult for you to manage everyday life challenges.

Your self-esteem can be influenced by many factors.

Relationships
The people in your life can have a big impact on how you feel about yourself. Supportive and positive relationships can boost your self-esteem, while negative or toxic relationships can bring it down.

Experiences
Personal life experiences can also shape your self-esteem. Positive experiences, such as a stable childhood, success, achievements, and overcoming challenges can help you feel more confident and capable. On the contrary, negative experiences, such as unstable childhood, rejection, trauma or failure can damage your self-esteem.

Thoughts & Beliefs
The way you think about yourself can have a powerful impact on your self-esteem. If you have negative thoughts and beliefs about yourself, they’re likely to bring your self-esteem down. If you have positive thoughts and beliefs about yourself, they can help you build and maintain healthy self-esteem.

Environment
Exposure to negative issues such as world conflicts, financial crises, even persistent unpleasant weather can affect one’s mood and self-esteem. It is important to accept that these are issues out of our control and to apply positive personal thoughts and gratitude.

It’s important to remember that self-esteem is not fixed. It can fluctuate over time, depending on what’s happening in your life. 

Self-esteem is not about being perfect or always getting things right; it’s about knowing that you’re worthy of love and happiness, even when there are mistakes.

Ways To Boost Your Self-esteem

Building healthy self-esteem takes time and effort, but it’s worth it. When you have healthy self-esteem, you’re better able to cope with challenges, build strong relationships, and live a happy and a more fulfilling life.

Boosting your self-esteem is a journey, but it’s definitely achievable!

 Here Are 12 Tips To Boost Your Self-esteem:

1. Connect With Your True Self
We are born with the true essence of ‘the self’. As a new born child we are free from the everyday burdens that we experience as we mature. Connect with the characteristics of the true self; to be calm, curious, creative, compassionate, confident, courageous, connection, clarity and kindness.

2. Set Realistic Goals
Set achievable goals for yourself and celebrate your progress along the way. Even small victories deserve recognition. Do not try to be perfect.

3. Challenge Your Inner Critic
Talk to yourself like you would talk to a loved one. Replace negative self-talk with positive affirmations such as ‘I am capable,’ ‘I am worthy’, I am Ok’.

4. Identify & Challenge Negative Thoughts
When you have negative thoughts about yourself, ask yourself if they are realistic and helpful. Are they based on evidence, or are they just unhelpful mind chatter?

5. Focus On Your Strengths
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Make a list of your strengths, big or small. Remind yourself of them when you’re feeling low.

6. Acknowledge Your Accomplishments
Take the time to appreciate your efforts and achievements. Even the smallest matter to build confidence and reinforce positive self-belief.

7. Practice Self-Care
Take care of your physical and mental health. Eat nutritious foods, get enough sleep, exercise, or simply move regularly, embrace nature and remember to breathe deeply. Taking positive steps to better health can improve your energy and mood which boosts self-confidence and self-esteem.

8. Engage In Activities You Enjoy
Make the time for hobbies and passions that bring you joy. Pursuing things, you love can be a great way to feel good. Creative hobbies can provide healing benefits and boost self-esteem.

9. Practice Mindfulness & Relaxation
Practices such as yoga, qigong, mindfulness, meditation and deep breathing can help you to manage stress and turn around negative emotions to positive emotions and improved self-esteem.

10. Practice Compassion
Be kind to yourself, just like you would be kind to a friend. Forgive yourself and others for your mistakes and focus on moving forward. Everyone makes mistakes. It is important not to dwell on mistakes but to learn from them and move on with accomplished wisdom.

11. Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Challenging yourself can be a daunting prospect with low self-esteem. Find your inner curiosity and courage to step outside of your comfort zone, this can lead to growth and increased confidence. Go ahead and give it a go; try new things, join new groups, meet new people.

12. Connect With Others
Surround yourself with supportive people. Spend time with loved ones who make you feel good about yourself and accept you for who you are. Limit contact with people who bring you down. Build healthy relationships. Focus on giving and receiving support in your relationships. Feeling connected to others can boost your sense of belonging and self-worth.

13. Skin Care Treatments
Low self-esteem can be caused by a stressful event or events. The stress response can trigger the stimulation of excess oil in the hair follicles as well as inflammatory reactions where skin conditions such as acne, redness and irritation can occur. In some, the skin may appear dull and sallow. Seek a professional skin treatment to help balance your skin conditions and boost your self-esteem.

14. Holistic Treatments
A holistic treatment is a form of approach that considers the whole person, body, mind, emotions, and spirit in the quest for optimal health and wellness. Treatments include acupuncture, massage therapies, herbal medicine to name but a few.

Treatments are available at the Emporium Treatment Clinic, Marylebone, London. Contact Angela for any advice 07930661971.

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