This once more one of those old post I’m moving over from the 365 ways to boost your self esteem series. It teaches you to use an NLP (neurolinigustic programming) method to overcome negative emotions and fears. I used to be very afraid of injection needles (a minor phobia) but wanted to donate blood. I [...]
As I’m rewriting this (it is an old post being transferred from the main Life Focus Center Site to the blog) one of our three cats looked up at me at I automatically smiled and felt good…
When you feel good for any reason, your self-worth and self-esteem goes up:
Pet’s have a wonderful effect of lowering [...]
Loneliness is such a drag!
Jimmy Hendrix
Loneliness is enforced, solitude is being alone by intention.
Solitude is wonderful, cleansing to the soul and refreshing to the spirit, while loneliness is abysmal, hurtful to the soul and damaging to the spirit.
Objectively what is the difference between these two?
Think about it: we are spending some time [...]
In the last post I mentioned the Hawthorn effect and what it may mean to your self-esteem.
So here is an old post which is based on the Hawthorn effect:
There are so many little things you can do for yourself which can do your self-esteem so much good. One of these is to sleep in.
We [...]
Self esteem is a measure of how worthy one feels and how deserving of love, joy, happiness, success, and similar positive things.
The Hawthorn effect is named after the Hawthorn Works a General Electric plant near Chicago. Between 1924-1932 a group of industrial psychologists studied the effects of lighting levels in the factory on worker productivity.
They [...]
This complements the previous post on thanking those who complement you:
The next step after managing to accept complements gracefully, and after learning to give others complements is to give yourself complements. That is a harder step to take for many people. However, understanding that “humility is [...]
The first thing in the morning when you wake up and last thing at night before you go to sleep are very powerful times in terms of self suggestions and affirmations.
When you wake up, go through the coming day in your mind’s eye. What things would you like to do today? What do you [...]
Self esteem is based on how confident you feel at skills that you care about. Thus I love maths and I am excellent at it. This improves my self esteem. I’m atrocious at spelling (I’m dyslexic) but this does not bother me since from early childhood I did nor think spelling is an important skill. [...]
Affirmations are short powerful positive sentences which are repeated over and over. This repetition has a wonderful effect on the psyche and will definitely boost one’s self esteem.
The rules about affirmations are similar to those for well formed goals we have mentioned previously. They are typically in the first person singular, [...]
There is nothing better than being kind to a complete stranger to boost your self-esteem. It is a fact that it is impossible to value others without valuing yourself and also it its impossible to value yourself without valuing others. When you are kind to a stranger there is an inner [...]
