50 Ways to Untwist Your Thinking Part 2

August 2, 2009

Self Esteem - Compassion Based Techniques
5. Double Standard Technique: Instead of putting yourself down, you talk to yourself in the same compassionate way you might talk to a dear friend who was upset. Ask yourself, “Would I say such harsh things to a friend with a similar problem? If not, why not? [...]

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50 Ways to Untwist Your Thinking

August 1, 2009

Self Esteem-1. Empathy: When you’re upset, you need someone to listen and see the world through your eyes without trying to cheer you up, change you, help you, or give you advice. Although this usually won’t cure you, it’s often a necessary first step. It can be a tremendous relief to feel [...]

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Summary of Building Self-Esteem

July 31, 2009

Self Esteem - So many different strategies for raising your self-esteem have been presented in this chapter. The following worksheet is intended to help you organize what you’ve learned and decide which particular strategies for building self-esteem you want to try out in the immediate future.
I recommend that you stick with [...]

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List of Personal Accomplishments

July 30, 2009

Self Esteem - In identifying goals for the future, it’s important not to lose sight of what you’ve already accomplished in your life. It’s common to forget about past attainments at those times when you’re feeling dissatisfied with yourself. You can raise your self-esteem in a few minutes by thinking about [...]

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Fear In The Way of Goals Exercise

July 29, 2009

Self Esteem - To overcome the feeling of not deserving to achieve your goal, I suggest that you work intensively with the simple affirmation “I deserve _____________” or “I deserve to have _____________.” Don’t be sparing in the use of repetition with this particular affirmation. Continue to work with it until [...]

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Fear In The Way of Goals

July 28, 2009

Self Esteem - What are some of the obstacles you might be putting in the way of going after what you want? Fear is the greatest impediment to doing something about your goals, just as it is in the case of overcoming phobias. If you don’t see yourself moving toward what [...]

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Goal Setting

July 27, 2009

Self esteem can be improved when you have a goal to work towards. This exercise is designed to help you narrow down what you would like to achieve.
Ask yourself two questions:
1. What are the most important things I want out of life - now and in the future?
2. What am I [...]

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A Sense of Accomplishment

July 26, 2009

 

Self Esteem- Accomplishment of personal goals always adds to your self-esteem. If you look back over your life to the times when you felt most confident, you’ll find that they often followed the accomplishment of important goals. Although external achievements can never be the sole basis of a sense of self-worth, they [...]

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Affirmations for Self Esteem - What I Am Learning

July 25, 2009

Self Esteem - As in the previous article Affirmations for Self Esteem - What I Am, write a list of your favorite affirmations individually on a 3×5 card. Then read through the stack slowly and with feeling once or twice a day.
What I Am Learning
I am learning to love myself more [...]

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Affirmations for Self Esteem - What I Am

July 24, 2009

Self esteem can be improved by positive self talk. Select your favorite affirmations from the list and write them down individually on 3×5 cards. Then read through the stack slowly and with feeling once or twice a day. Doing this while alternately looking at yourself in the mirror is an excellent [...]

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