Self - Words

SELF-WORTH…is the value that God gave you as a present when you were born. You don’t have to earn it…it is a gift.

SELF-ESTEEM…is the recognition of your self-worth. When you believe in your inherent worth…then you have a good and healthy self-esteem. When you think you have to earn it and have fallen short, you have a low self-esteem.

SELF-LOVE…is the reward you have for your own happiness. It is accepting yourself as you truly are. Even when you make mistakes - because making mistakes does NOT make you a mistake. With self-love you can nurture yourself even when you fail at what it is you wanted to do.

SELF-CONFIDENCE…means having a basic trust in your abilities to do whatever you set your mind to do. You earn it by risking small things – succeeding – then using the good you achieved to go on and take even greater risks.

SELF-IMAGE…is your concept of who you are, based on how you have interpreted the things that happened to you as a child. Traumatic childhood experiences generally cause you to develop a poor self-image. As an adult, a nagging sense of guilt may cause you to feel stuck. Begin to see yourself as a “normal human being” that makes mistakes. It is from this acceptance that you begin to develop a healthy self-image. You may also need to constantly remind yourself that whatever happened was NOT YOUR FAULT