"When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't." --Jodi Picoult Day Ten: Believe When you have low self-esteem, it's hard to believe anything positive about yourself. Your mind is constantly telling you 'you're useless', 'you're not pretty … Continue reading 30 Day Self Esteem Challenge: Day Ten
“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.” ― Vera Nazarian Day 7: Connect It was the #timetotalk campaign last week, encouraging everyone to open up and talk to someone about their mental health. Talking, connecting with others is an absolute necessity … Continue reading 30 Day Self Esteem Challenge: Day Seven
“If you can show people how to build castles, make sure you do not neglect building and nurturing your own.” ― Suzy Kassem Day Six: Nurture I'm sure many of us spend a lot of time nurturing and caring for others, especially if you are a parent, carer or indeed just being a good friend/partner can … Continue reading 30 Day Self Esteem Challenge: Day Six
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou Day Five: Feel You need to surround yourself with people who make you feel good about yourself. It's so simple, so obvious...but how many of us do this? Do you … Continue reading 30 Day Self Esteem Challenge: Day Five
"With a negative mindset you only see negative things happen, yet positive things happen all the time. Alter your state of mind to see them." Jerry Corstens Day Four: Observe Yesterday, you appreciated your own personality. If only this was something we could do all the time. Generally, people with low self-esteem observe themselves as a … Continue reading 30 Day Self-Esteem Challenge: Day Four
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it." Bruce Lee Day Three: Appreciate Yesterday, we thanked our bodies. Today, it's all about your essence, your personality. Sometimes it's easy to slip into self-criticism and think it's better to be like others … Continue reading 30 Day Self Esteem Challenge: Day Three
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself. Oprah Winfrey Day Two: Thank Today you might not be able to LOVE your body, but can we all be grateful for what our body does for us, how it works to serve us every second of every … Continue reading 30 Day Self-Esteem Challenge: Day Two
“The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.” ― Shel Silverstein Day One: Listen The best … Continue reading 30 Day Self-Esteem Challenge: Day One
I remember when it hit me that I was suffering with low self-esteem. It was like someone switched the light on in my mind and everything finally made sense. I finally understood the main issue which was causing me to feel depressed and anxious. Once I knew I had low self-esteem, it became easier to … Continue reading Identifying low self-esteem
The final day of 31 Days of Wellbeing! Well, this is the end of this wellbeing journey, although I hope some of the activities have been so useful that you will continue doing them in the future. In fact, this is exactly what the final activity is all about... Your final action is to set … Continue reading 31 Days of Wellbeing: Day 31
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