Recognizing Low Self-Esteem

First, give yourself the headspace to work on a solution by accepting your feelings surrounding your low self-esteem. Your feelings are temporary. Accept them for the moment. Don't cover them up. Don't try to overcompensate for them.

Put your focus on the skills you need to acquire, not ...

Causes of low self-esteem are often traced back to negative early childhood experiences, such as frequent punishment or neglect, chronic abuse, bullying, and lack of affection.

We form our bottom line (how people treat us) in childhood. Based on the bottom line, we form our "Rules for Livi...

The need to control everything and everyone around us is nothing more than a defense mechanism. We use it to confront something that at we see as a threat.

Having low self-esteem, huge insecurity, a negative self-image, an inability to process emoti...