Empowerment
How I Improved My Self-Esteem
My journey, and the six steps that changed my life.
Meditation and Affirmations Are Key
Meditation and affirmations are proven methods of self-improvement because of their ability to rewire our brains, raise the level of feel-good hormones, and push our brains to form new clusters of “positive thought” neurons.
Meditation can give you the ability to step back from situations and see both the situation and yourself in an objective way, giving you much more perspective and helping you to react more calmly. It also enables us to meet, greet, and make friends with ourselves. I know it sounds silly, but once you start meditating you’ll see what I mean. Meditation allows us to get to know who we really are and to accept and embrace ourselves just as we are. We soon find that our doubts, insecurities or fears are really only superficial. This allows us to replace those things with a deeper place of trust, dignity and self-worth.
I like to start my daily meditation with affirmations. It has helped me to rewire my brain to be more confident and break out of negative thinking. Basically, whatever you tell yourself will become true in your own mind, which will also make it far more likely that other people will believe is, and it will manifest in your life.
What You Eat Influences Your Emotions
Modern science has proven that the microbiome in your gut (that’s the pounds of living bacteria in your gut that influences most functions in your body) have a huge effect on our emotions, energy, irritability, and even brain fog. Integrative doctors are now recommending a vegan diet instead of antidepressants. I know, it sounds like science-fiction — but it works!
Not sure where to start? There are lots of vegan cookbooks, but the one that made me feel great is called Eating Clean, by blogger Amie Valpone. I followed the Eating Clean detox diet for three months, combined with the following three tips, and felt like a new, much healthier and happier person at the end of it.
What do you do to boost your self-esteem?
Janet Day
I lost a few “friends” last year. One of them shattered my confidence.
Edwina Thornhill
Sometimes, being too modest is a bad thing.
Agnes Hoots
People always assume that I am confident because I always speak my mind when in reality, I just like voicing out my opinions.
Jennifer Kirkpatrick
Thank you so much for writing this article! I’ve been struggling with my self-esteem since I was little and out of all the self-help tips I’ve read online, this one had struck me the most.
Eleanor Honea
A lady who wears too much makeup everyday screams that she doesn’t have self-esteem. Society has put too much pressure on our women.
Jennifer Baker
They encourage pretty girls to be confident, but when a simple girl is confident but not that pretty, they bring her down. Wtf! Of course, everyone did this. But did that help you become better?
Janice Way
What is self-esteem and how do you take care of it? every time I get one, it dies within a few minutes. am I not feeding it correctly? LOL
William Dean
I wanted to build up my self my self-esteem and confidence, but I don’t know what to do! How and when do I start? How can I help myself?
Caroline Soloviev
Start now! Trust yourself, make something that makes you feel good! Do something unusual that empowers you !
Jamie Wurst
But how can I change the way people treat me? Because that’s how I manage to fix my self-esteem issues.
Alta Johnson
I always doubted the compliments I received. I always thought of them as sarcasm. How can I determine the truth from a white lie?