If you've lived your life trying to meet everyone else's expectations and desires, it's time to take a stand. Maybe you've had a secret longing to start a hobby or follow a passion in your heart but felt like others would judge it. Maybe you've been suppressing a part of your personality that you think others wouldn't … Continue reading Boost of the Day #79: Never too late
Tag: Self-esteem
Goooooooooals!
I've talked about the importance of setting goals when I first started writing this blog and discussed what happens if you don't achieve a goal. Now it's time to take this to a practical level. I want you to write down three goals to work towards until the end of October. Actually write them down, as this makes … Continue reading Goooooooooals!
Boost of the Day #75: Be Complete
Do you believe you need a relationship to make you a complete person? Believing this will inevitably lead to you being reliant (and often, needy) on another person to feel good about yourself. To truly have high self-esteem, you need to work on believing that you can be complete all by yourself. That way, you … Continue reading Boost of the Day #75: Be Complete
Booster tip #8: Three thoughts
One very simple exercise, which can be helpful in raising your general wellbeing and self-esteem, is to take the time at the end of your day to think about three things that you've done today. Three things that you are pleased with. These do not have to be large, impressive things... For example, my day … Continue reading Booster tip #8: Three thoughts
Boost of the Day #74: Progress
Never aim for perfection, no matter what the task in hand is. You're just setting yourself up for anxiety, stress and a sense of failure. It's really easy to say this - much harder to execute in reality if you have perfectionist tendencies! Try looking at your situation as if you were looking at your … Continue reading Boost of the Day #74: Progress
Booster tip #7: Finding alternative perspectives
In my post about a useful, practical way of raising low self-esteem, I said I would write a follow-up article on how to find alternative perspectives to negative predictions. It can be really hard to think of an alternative perspective when you strongly believe something negative. Asking yourself the following questions may help... I will use … Continue reading Booster tip #7: Finding alternative perspectives
Boost of the Day #72: Accomplishment
When a task becomes hard, when your muscles get painful, when times get tough...that is when you will get stronger, faster and better... That's when you'll really start to accomplish in life.
Boost of the Day #71: Don’t be so hard on yourself
Currently loving the lyrics to Jess Glynne's new song... Listen to the full song here: have a dance, listen hard to the lyrics and please take the good advice!
Boost of the Day #70: Seaside wisdom
Ocean Rules Don't get tide down Come out of your shell Be shore of yourself Sea life's beauty I thought this was the perfect sign to have in my seaside themed bathroom. Aside from the great puns, I like looking at these words every morning and evening when I'm cleaning my teeth - very wise … Continue reading Boost of the Day #70: Seaside wisdom
Boost of the Day #69: Courage
Boosting self-esteem or dealing with any mental/physical wellbeing issue takes courage. It takes courage to make steps to change your life, especially when you have to face parts of yourself that you have always hidden away. This courage is not the kind of courage that others will notice...it's not the same as jumping from a … Continue reading Boost of the Day #69: Courage
Boost Esteem 