Category Archives: Tools for raising your self-esteem

What is your body trying to tell you?

To raise your self-esteem you need to develop self-awareness. You can only do this if you learn to listen to your own body. Take a moment right now to listen to your body. What is it trying to tell you? … Continue reading

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Five Goals A Day – To live a balanced life in harmony with your values

The first step towards living a more balanced life in harmony with your values is to find out what your values are. What is most important in your life? What do you want to focus your life on? Select five … Continue reading

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Speak Like a Person With High Self-esteem

Have you noticed how differently different people speak? The difference does not only depend on their language, accent or dialect. People with high self-esteem speak differently from people with low self-esteem, even if they come from the same neighbourhood. People … Continue reading

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Teaching Children about Self-Esteem Using the Simile of a “Self-Esteem Bank Account”

Stephen R. Covey, author of the best-seller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, writes in his books about the idea of an emotional bank account. The idea is that you have one emotional bank account with each other person … Continue reading

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Using the Idea of an Emotional Bank Account to Raise Your Self-Esteem

Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, writes in his books about the idea of an emotional bank account. The idea is that you have one emotional bank account with each person with whom you … Continue reading

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“I have to” vs. “I choose to”

What tasks or activities do you have to do today? What do you have to do tomorrow? Is there actually anything that you “have to” do? What if you had a choice…? Most people tend to use the words “have … Continue reading

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How to say no (without feeling impolite or scared)

Saying no is an important skill to learn for anyone who wants to raise their self-esteem or keep their self-esteem high. If you do not know how to say no you are in danger of spending your valuable life doing … Continue reading

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How to deal with annoying people

  How do you deal with really annoying people? People who try to push your self-esteem down and make you feel like you’re nothing worth?   There are different ways in which you could deal with annoying people who try … Continue reading

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“Problem” or “Challenge”?

The way in which you interpret things that happen to you affects your ability to deal with them. When something difficult or negative happens to you, you can choose between classifying it as a “problem” or as a “challenge”. Challenges are … Continue reading

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How to move from thinking to action

Some people are great at thinking and making up plans of what they want to do, but less good at getting these brilliant projects done. You may have a mental list of all the things that you want to get … Continue reading

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