The Different Kinds of Self-Worth
And How to Improve Them
First, take the self-esteem quiz and assess where your self-worth is at! There are different categories under self-worth and understanding them will help you know what to improve and how. Take a look at the different kinds and see if any resonate with you.
Self-esteem
How much you like and value yourself. The amount of respect and admiration you have towards yourself. Believing you are a person of worth. Self-esteem is independent of how you believe others feel about you. It relies upon how you feel about you as a person.
Tips to increase self-esteem
Explore self-worth in general before it feels like it can apply to you. Read up on why humans have value and worth. Acknowledge whether you agree with this for others, then ask yourself if you can agree with it for yourself.
Identify the barriers to having good self-esteem and whether they are credible or unrealistic perceptions you have towards yourself.
If you feel shut down to a more positive outlook towards yourself, seek external support whether through books, journals, or a counselor.
Self-confidence
You may like yourself but are unsure or afraid of how others feel about you. Therefore, you find it difficult to exude confidence and self-respect in case others have a different opinion of you. Self-confidence relies on your ability to project out to the rest of the world the positive feeling you have towards yourself.
Tips to increase self-confidence
Create a hierarchy of things you can be confidant in. Practice self-confidence with the easy things and work your way up to the things you're more afraid of.
Explore what you're afraid people will think about you and then assess whether they are credible or not. This will help you feel more in control of negative thoughts. Here’s a sheet to help you challenge these thoughts.
Practice assertiveness training: behavioral techniques to increase self-advocacy and self-confidence.
Body-image
How you feel particularly about your body including weight, shape, features, sexual appeal, etc. Your body image is how you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror.
Tips to increase body image
Explore what the purpose of the body is to combat culture's message that your body was made only to "look good."
Start with the parts of your body that you love. How can you accentuate those parts and feel more confident with them?
Receive external support to learn more about how to take care of your body. Most often, people turn towards crash diets and systems that don't work. Feel empowered in your body by getting informed through a dietician, doctor, or nutritionist.
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