Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is how you feel and think about yourself based on your beliefs and opinions. It is to do with how much you appreciate and like yourself. Often, when we are feeling low after a run of bad luck, or events and choices have caught up with us, we might feel bad about ourselves. These issues can stem from childhood in some cases, and might have been with us for a long time. The good news is, we can absolutely improve our self-esteem, just like our confidence.
Signs of poor self-esteem:
- Feeling bad about yourself most of the time
- Not being able to see your strengths and qualities
- Feeling unworthy and undeserving of good things in life
- Feeling unable to express your needs and opinions
- Finding it hard to form secure relationships
- Being unrealistic in your expectations
- Finding it challenging to handle stress and setbacks
Self-Worth
Self-worth is an internal sense of personal value and self-acceptance. It is about knowing that are worthy of respect and love. When you have high self-esteem, it is easy to know your self-worth. People with high self-worth feel valuable and capable.
Signs of low self-worth:
- Poor boundaries
- Finding it hard to persist, giving up easily
- Not having compassion for yourself
- Not liking yourself
- Not Accepting yourself
- Not loving yourself
How Self-Esteem Becomes Damaged
When babies are born, they have no concept of their worth. Yet, they are not reserved in asking for what they need. They cry when they need to be fed or cuddled. As they grow up into children, they have varied experiences and pick up positive and negative messages. Some of those may impact their sense of self in a positive or negative way.
You Can Grow Your Self-Esteem
The good news is, you can absolutely improve this. I work with my clients to find the root cause for their distress, which is the key to healing the problem. Finding the root of where the sense of self was damaged is critical. We work on the self-esteem in the present, whilst looking at the past experiences and how you want to feel in the future. I give my clients homework to do between sessions, as well as hypnotherapy recordings to listen to. As their unconscious beliefs are updated, I you to
- Recognise your strengths and accomplishments
- Work on your relationships
- Start being kinder to yourself
- Set and maintain healthy boundaries
- Give yourself challenges
- Take better care of your emotional and physical health
- Pursue hobbies that you enjoy
If you are looking for activities you can do by yourself, try this list of 100 Fun Solo Date Ideas.
Self-Love
I use hypnosis among many other techniques and tools to help you build your relationship with yourself. By working on it every day, you will be building your positive self-regard. This increases your self-love and resilience to face the future with positivity. I believe self-love is the best gift you can give yourself, and it is something you can keep working on throughout your life.
'My self-esteem has grown immensely'
Working with Zeenat has been incredible! From the initial contact by email, to first meeting and through all the sessions, I appreciated the unconditional interest in me. I never felt judged, and that gave me confidence to explore my own feelings, which led to some highly useful insights.
When I first arrived in the therapy room, I didn't like myself that much, and could barely look in the mirror. I am now building on my relationship with myself, the most important one I have. My self-esteem has grown immensely.
PB, IT consultant
Work with Me
When you work on your personal development, building your self-esteem is critical. Having a healthy loving relationship with yourself allows you to enjoy more fulfilling relationships at work and at home. Healthy self-worth affords you better emotional and physical health outcomes.
If you are struggling to improve your self-esteem, self-worth of self-love, I can help. You can book a complimentary consultation here.
