I was trying to measure up to my own high, unrealistic standards of who I thought I should to be in order to receive love approval and acceptance. But these destructive and critical habits were actually in conflict with what I really needed, as they didn’t allow me to give myself love.I needed to change the way I spoke about myself, and I needed to do it quickly! I realized I’d formed these habits as a result of both conscious and unconscious decisions I’d made in the past. And if my thoughts about myself came from decisions I had made in the past, I had the same power today to make different decisions to shape the person that I would be in the future.
These are some of the tricks and tools that I’ve used to overcome my self-esteem issues and begin speaking to myself more kindly: CONTINUE READING.
