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3 Ways to Improve Your Self-esteem
Struggling with self-doubt? These 3 quick daily habits will help you start believing in yourself again.
Sol TV
August 17, 2023
This Newsletter at a Glance:
🆘 Help! Fix My Self-esteem
💭 TL/DR: Self-esteem Is a Belief—Not a Feeling
🍔 Sol Bites: 3 Ways to Improve Your Self-esteem in 5 Minutes
🎥 Video Bite: Lesley Wirth on Self Trust
🦉 Words of Wisdom
It's a lifelong journey of small, sustainable steps.
The wellness world is always looking for a quick fix, but here’s a hard truth: There are no quick fixes for poor self-esteem.
✨ There is no secret mantra that will boost your inner worth.
❤️ No “perfect person” will complete you and make you feel whole or valuable.
💡 There is no profound insight that you will learn from a therapist or discover in a self-help book that will suddenly improve the way you think about yourself.
Building self-esteem takes work. Period.
💭 TL/DR: Self-esteem Is a Belief—Not a Feeling
While emotions and feelings come and go, beliefs are built up and confirmed over time. So if you want to feel better about yourself and honestly believe it, you must consistently do things that make you proud of who you are.
Nurture self-belief with actions that confirm your value.
The secret to making that happen? Creating some new habits.
If you can do something for five minutes, you can do it every day. And if you can do it daily, it can become a habit that will change your beliefs—including your beliefs about yourself—over time.
Wait! You said there was no quick fix.
That’s 100% true. But here are little things you can do that will improve your self-esteem with consistency and over time.
🍔 Sol Bites: 3 Ways to Improve Your Self-esteem in 5 Minutes
Invest a little time each day on these three items, and you’ll see a big payoff.
🌅 Get an early morning win.
By starting your day successfully, you’ll set the perfect tone for the rest of the day. Make your bed, do a 1-minute plank, or do something that fills you with pride and a sense of accomplishment. But remember, this has to happen, so schedule it if you must—it can’t simply be something you hope to remember to do. Protect this early morning habit if you’re serious about strengthening your esteem.
Start each day seeking progress, not perfection.
🔄💎 Flip your regrets into values.
Dwelling on your past can hurt your ability to develop strong self-esteem. Negative self-talk and harsh self-criticism about things you’ve done before will weigh you down and keep you obsessing about what happened. Worse, when you ruminate on regrets, you teach your brain that they are essential and think about them even more.
Instead, try flipping your regrets into signals or reminders about what you value in life. If you regret not studying hard for an exam, remember that you value hard work and discipline. If you regret lying to your best friend, remember that you value honesty.
View regrets as little messengers of value, reminding you to become the best version of yourself. Use them as motivators to build you up, not detractors that chip away at your self-worth.
Let it remind you to walk in the light of your values.
📖✨ Keep a gratitude diary.
People with low self-esteem are good at noticing their flaws and will quickly dismiss their successes or strengths. A simple way to correct this is to keep a daily journal about why you are grateful for yourself. Every day, take a few minutes to reflect on one or two things—big or small—that you admire or appreciate about who you are. These glimmers of appreciation will reduce your negativity bias and help you get in touch with the esteem boosters you do daily but rarely give yourself credit for.
Challenges make me grateful for the courage within.
🎞️ Video Bite
Want to stop second-guessing yourself and start making decisions with confidence?
In this insightful video, Sol TV Creator Lesley Wirth reveals her wisdom on how to tap into your inner guidance system and learn to trust yourself. We all have an inner voice guiding us, but it can be drowned out by the noise of everyday life.
Lesley reminds us that we are the greatest experts on ourselves. When in doubt, look within. The answers you seek are already inside you.
🦉 Words of Wisdom
The small daily habits we practice either weaken or strengthen our self-esteem. Choose wisely, for they hold the power to shape the person you become.
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