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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
It’s easy to discredit the battles you overcome on the inside each day. Instead, the ones that are most noticeable and tangible are the ones that are remembered and valued. This quote, from four-time Olympic track and field gold medalist Jesse Owens, is a reminder to acknowledge the challenges you…
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
When it comes to standing up for yourself, you have to have confidence in yourself. The world is not in short supply of people who bully, exploit, and oppress whoever they can. Confidence–believing in the power within you–acts like a shield against bullies, exploiters, and oppressors. This quote, by Alice…
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“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”
Imagine beginning a race without believing you’re capable of running. That would make getting started and getting through much less likely. Well, that’s how we sometimes approach life when our confidence wanes. This quote, by Marcus Garvey, reminds us that when we approach life without confidence, we lose the race…
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5 Ways A Low Self-Esteem Could Be Affecting Your Relationships
With the word “self” in self-esteem, we naturally think of it as something that wholly has to do with self. However, we can’t ignore the role others play. Our relationships can have an impact on our self-esteem. Meanwhile, our self-esteem can have an impact on our relationships. Here, we focus…
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The Effect Negative Self-Talk
The impact negative self-talk can have on our overall happiness and wellbeing should not be understated. Therefore, the “effect of negative self-talk” deserves a post of its own. It is just that important. What is negative self-talk? In this short post, we’ll provide an overall definition of negative self-talk: The…
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How to Be Your Authentic Self
“Just be yourself.” Most of us have heard this, usually in situations where we’re afraid we might not be accepted. For instance, at a job interview, an audition, or the first day of something–anything where we might encounter people we don’t know. But here’s the irony in the saying “just…
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The Book That Turned Things Around
If you’ve read certain PositLive posts on self-esteem and motivation, you may have already heard about the book, Building Self-Esteem by L.S. Barksdale. For me, this book has been life-changing. In fact, it is one of the things that inspired me to start PositLive. My thoughts were: ‘There has to…
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Life Changing: One of the Best Videos on Self-Esteem
Finally, after Self-Esteem Part 1, 2, and 3, it’s time to share a video that brings it all together. You’ll notice right away that it’s an old video. But don’t let the old video quality give you a negative bias toward it. It’s definitely worth watching from start to finish.…
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Self-Esteem Part 3: How to Develop and Maintain a Sound Self-Esteem
There are three basic steps to solving a problem. Self-Esteem Part 1 and 2 tackled the first two steps: 1. Understanding the problem and 2. Knowing how it’s caused. Now, it’s time for step 3: Using that knowledge to create a plan of action to resolve the problem. In order…
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Self-Esteem Part 2: How Does Our Self-Esteem Develop? A Roadmap to Increasing Self-Acceptance and Reducing Guilt, Shame, and Regret
“Self-esteem is usually a subtle feeling that begins in childhood and is continually reinforced by cultural conditioning…Changing our feelings about ourselves entails a major revision of our awareness.” Building Self Esteem, 6 There are two major ideas in this excerpt: 1. Awareness and 2. Cultural Conditioning. So what are they?…