Healthy Self Esteem
A healthy self esteem starts with awareness. Paying attention about your needs and goals. You are usually encouraged to ignore your own needs because you have to concentrate on living up to other's expectations.
When I was a child I learned that other people were more important than me. My parents didn't tell me this with words, but by example. To build a healthy self esteem requires that you listen to your intuition, sensations, and insights.
Eight characteristics of a healthy self esteem
I would like to share 8 characteristics of a healthy self esteem and how I have learned to apply them in daily life.
Living Consciously
I have learned to be more conscious every day, through awareness. I do this by listening to me. My own reactions, watching and observing them. By listening to my body: "I am hungry or just eating because I am supposed to do it now?". Listening to my intuition.
Learning from mistakes
Learning to say, "I made a mistake" and learn from it. We make mistakes and the best way I found to understand this is by learning from them.
Listening to other's point of view:
Why is hard to listen to other's people point of view? Because the tendency is to be right. I had the truth and I always had to be right.
Taking care of you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually
I take care of myself physically by exercising and eating well. Emotionally by clearing negative emotions. Mentally buy reading, learning new things. Spiritually by meditating, being in silence, or praying. For more information check the past newsletters:
- How to take care of your Spirit
- Managing emotions
- How to take care of your mind
- How to take care of your body
Respecting other people differences
We are all different; it took me a long time to understand this I usually felt safe with people that were just like me. Respecting other people differences doesn't mean to agree with them. Is to understand that they have the right to be different and deserve respect as human beings.
Taking responsibility for our own life
I was raised in an environment were self-responsibility almost didn't existed. It was always other's people fault, or something outside to blame. When I began to take responsibility for my own life and everything started to change.
Being able to speak and act from our own convictions:
I was so afraid to speak up, I had to be the good girl and a pleasing person. Through the years I have learned that by speaking up, I feel better about myself, because I am being loyal to myself.
Having a sense of purpose, a direction in life:
For many years I have lived hypnotized, not knowing were to go , without any purpose just living in an automatic. Having a sense of purpose is having a healthy self esteem , you know that what you do is important . You are here for a reason.
