GROWING SELF ESTEEM

8 Tips to Loving Yourself

1. Accept the Past. Without acceptance it can be hard to move forward.
   Things may not have been as you wished, child hood, family life,
   relationships. You can’t change the past but you can accept and
   acknowledge what has occurred.
   
   
2. Love Yourself. Look in a mirror and into your eyes every morning
   and say to yourself “I like You” or “I love You”.
   Ask: “What can I do for you today?”
   “What will make you happy?”
   
   
3. Get Feedback. Get evidence! Ask family and close friends what they
   like about you. Ask: “What do you think my strengths are?”
   “What do you like about me?”
   
   
4. Acknowledge Yourself. Write a list of 25 a) things you like about
   yourself and b) what you have achieved in your life to date - small,
   medium and big items. Then read them out loud to yourself. Now do
   another 25!!
   
   
5. Praise Yourself Everyday. At the end of each day either driving home
   or just before going to sleep think of 3 things that you did today that you
   were pleased about. It doesn’t have to be something big!
   
   
6. Stop Criticising Yourself. Check within yourself. Do you put yourself
   down by using criticising words like bad, dumb, stupid or ugly?
   Does that monkey in your head say things like “you’re not good
   enough?”, or “you can’t do that?” To build self worth we need to stop
   using this language and be kind and gentle to ourselves. Try reframing
   those negative words to something positive.
   
   
7. Try it Right Now! Don’t wait until tomorrow start liking and loving
   yourself right now. Yes it’s hard but dissatisfaction with self is a habit
   and the habit needs to be broken. Don’t wait until you get it right.
   
   
8. Please Yourself Not Others. You are not here to do what others want
   or to please others. Are your decisions influenced by others? Live the
   life the way you want to.