Self-esteem is a widely used concept in the field of self-help. But what does it really mean have a good self-esteem? The concept encompasses more shots than meets the eye.
Index
- Body acceptance
- Acceptance of the way of being
- Acceptance of your biography
- Acceptance of your family
- Tips to improve self-esteem
Acceptance of the body.
The body is not a superficial element regarding individual well-being. In fact, some physical complexes and even weight become a source of suffering for many people. However, self-esteem is appreciate your body as a gift. Look in the mirror aware that your body is beautiful as it is because it is full of miracles, as shown by the perfection of sight.
Acceptance of the way of being.
Accepting oneself does not mean staying stuck in defects, but it is important not to guide personal evolution based on guilt and psychological crush. Self-esteem is not being perfect but accepting with understanding those points of your character that, sometimes, become your weak point. This happens to everyone. We can only move forward, from
Acceptance of your biography.
We cannot analyze our own essence detached from our biography, that is, apart from the personal history that we have traveled to get here. Self esteem is look at this story in its entirety, from gratitude, admiration and inner peace. There will be episodes that you will like more or less. However, self-esteem is not blaming yourself today for something that happened five years ago.
Acceptance of your family.
No family is perfect. However, turning your back on loved ones is a cause of constant suffering because it is like going against the root of life. Everything you resist takes on even more force. Therefore, wanting to ignore a certain reality by fleeing from it is to give it even more presence. Judging your family negatively is like feeling ashamed of a part of yourself. And shame is a negative feeling that connects with guilt.
Tips to improve self-esteem.
Once the four pillars of self-esteem have been analyzed, try to connect each point with your life and see which is the area that you consider that you have to work more through positive thoughts.
In this way, if you identify in which area a suffering is contextualized, it will be easier for you to remedy it. For example, if a person suffers a personal conflict with his past, it can be therapeutic to write a letter to the self of that stage. A letter of love and understanding that connects the past with the present.
To promote self-esteem it is important work in harmony these four planes that make up one's own identity since no human being can understand himself without his corporality, his way of being, his life history and his family. Four personalized areas since, as each person is unique, the story of each self-esteem is also unique. Self-esteem is feeling that the most important pillars of your existence are in balance because everything inside you is in order.
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