10 Ways To Boost Your Self-Esteem

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7. Review your situation
Include time for reflection in your daily schedule – praying if you’re religions, meditating or writing a diary of your thoughts and feelings. We often don’t give ourselves enough time to process all the things that are going on in our lives.

If you decide on a diary, instead of writing a list of what went wrong today, write down these headings first, and fill them in.

• Goals: set yourself a daily outcome and build up to larger goals.
• Achievements: what did you achieve today?
• Gifts: what happened, out of the blue, to cheer you?
• Insights: you may not get one every day – but when you suddenly spot a key to some piece of your behavior, write it down.

8. Change your environment
Chances are, your environment reflects the way you feel, but, whether it’s dull, cluttered or messy, you can change it. Any positive changes you make are going to have a positive effect on your mood too. Look at your desk, your home or even your wardrobe and see what you can do to make it more inspiring.

• Clear up the clutter (a good Feng Shui practice that will make you feel more energetic) and throw out stuff you don’t use.
• Give yourself a sound track – add some inspiring music.
• Introduce new bold colours that you love.

9. Give yourself the VIP treatment
Start treating yourself the way you’d treat your best friend. It comes as a shock to most people how nasty and neglectful we can be to ourselves. If you aren’t sure you can keep this up for long, take it a day at a time. Give yourself encouragement and support. Take yourself out for a hairdo, a massage, an aromatherapy session – or even a clothes-shopping trip.

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10. Find a role model
If you’re having difficulty taking this new version of yourself seriously, why not pretend to be someone else? Think of someone you admire – it could be someone you know, or someone famous – and live your day as they would. How would they react to others? Would they be assertive? Relaxed? Confident? Fun and energetic?

And yes, you do know how to do this. Even if you have to think back to when you were a child, you’ll be able to come up with a time when you were happy with yourself and in control of your situation. In fact, if you can remember that time very well, why not be your own role model?

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