Improving Your Self-Esteem
- Identify and Challenge Your Negative Beliefs. ...
- Identify the Positive About Yourself. ...
- Build Positive Relationships—and Avoid Negative Ones. ...
- Give Yourself a Break. ...
- Become More Assertive and Learn to Say No. ...
- Improve Your Physical Health. ...
- Take On Challenges.
How do you develop self-esteem?
Try these strategies:
- Use hopeful statements. Treat yourself with kindness and encouragement. ...
- Forgive yourself. ...
- Avoid 'should' and 'must' statements. ...
- Focus on the positive. ...
- Consider what you've learned. ...
- Relabel upsetting thoughts. ...
- Encourage yourself.
How do you fix low self-esteem?
Other ways to improve low self-esteem
- Recognise what you're good at. We're all good at something, whether it's cooking, singing, doing puzzles or being a friend. ...
- Build positive relationships. ...
- Be kind to yourself. ...
- Learn to be assertive. ...
- Start saying "no" ...
- Give yourself a challenge.