Self esteem FAQ - How to boost Self-Esteem?

Question:

Will you please guide me how to boost my self esteem?. Because my self esteem is very low. I want to overcome this problem and I want your help and the guidelines. I hope that you will do the needful.

Answer and advise:

Thank you for contacting me. To have a good esteem is a process that requires willingness and awareness. According to my personal experience there are some steps you can start doing to boost your self esteem:

• Stop criticizing and putting yourself down. Just because you behaved in a particular way, you behavior doesn't define who you are. This is a bad habit that you must overcome.
• Don't let criticism from others get to you. Learn how to take criticism in a positive way. When somebody criticize you it doesn't mean that what the person is saying is true. You have to learn how to handle it as a feedback and follow you intuition instead of getting upset.
• Make a list of your positive qualities, even if you think they are small, acknowledge them .Write down every day before you go to sleep 3 successes of the day. For example: I made dinner, I went for a walk, etc. .
• Learn to accept compliments. Don't undo them by explaining why you did something. If somebody gives you a compliment: say thank you. Do not explain why your hair looks great. Feel proud and just say : thank you.
• Try to engage in a healthy internal dialog. If you catch yourself thinking:"I can't do this", immediately change it: "yes, you can do it, I believe in you". If too many negative things come to your mind do not dwell in the thought.
• Learn to relax, meditate. Being in silence for 5 minutes helps to start to know yourself.
• Practice pampering. Take a warm bath, go for a walk, whatever you like to do, do it without guilt.
• You must also learn how to release your guilt. Let's say that a friend ask you to go out and you rather stay home and do something else, just say no thanks, may be some other time without feeling guilty. Remember that guilt will paralyze you. You have the right to do what is best for you.
• Get into the habit of doing physical exercise. This does not mean that you have to go to the gym 7 days a week for 2 hours. You can walk for half an hour three times a week, then go to the gym twice a week, practice a sport that you love and so on. But keep moving, you will feel really good about yourself after doing some exercise.

I hope this steps help answer your question about self esteem.

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