Self Esteem: The Process of Strengthening Self-Esteem

Understanding Yourself

• Self-Awareness
• Recognizing and expressing emotions
• Managing emotions
• Balancing basic needs

Believing In
Yourself

• Self-Acceptance
• Re-thinking values
• Developing a clear and accurate self-image
• Tuning in to negative self-talk
• Developing positive self-talk

Becoming your Own Power Source

• Self-Reliance
• Self-reliance is drawing on the power within yourself and the power you share with others. It is not power over others.
• Pursuing dreams and setting goals
• Handling criticism and mistakes

See also:

• Problem solving
• Communication skills
• Healthy body image

The Process

• This process of strengthening self-esteem provides a framework for building and maintaining a sense of worth and personal power.
• If you have experienced the self-esteem roller coaster, you may want to set a goal to level out the fluctuations that occur in your sense of worth when events are in your favour for a while and then seem to come crashing down on you.
• Strengthening self-esteem through:
  • Understanding
  • Reflection
  • Practice