My last post was on what you, as an adult, can do to optimize your self-esteem. This complementary post is about what you, as a parent, can do to ensure that your children grow up with a more positive ...

Your self-worth is inherently tied to your mental health. When you feel bad about yourself, your mental health takes a dip. When you feel good about yourself, your mental health perks up. Self-esteem ...

Teresa is a writer, yoga teacher, and writing coach located in Boulder, Colorado. She works to make whole-body wellness more accessible for everybody through science-backed health education and ...

Self-esteem refers to your opinion of yourself. Low self-esteem can get in the way of your enjoyment of life and your ability to achieve long- and short-term goals. It can also adversely affect mental ...

Do you tend to be hard on yourself when you make mistakes, look to others for constant validation, or struggle to advocate for yourself? These common issues relate to self-worth and self-esteem — two ...

Though related, self-acceptance is not the same as self-esteem. Whereas self-esteem refers specifically to how valuable, or worthwhile, we see ourselves, self-acceptance alludes to a far more global ...

Self-esteem is defined as our subjective evaluation of our worth as a person. Needless to say, it is influenced by how we think others perceive us, too. Indeed, in a recent poll of my readers, 20% ...

Self-esteem is the sense of value we have for ourselves. It’s how we perceive ourselves: whether we think we are worthy and competent, whether we think we belong, whether we like ourselves. There’s an ...

Throughout the years, I've met many clients, including entrepreneurs, who claimed to have low self-esteem and were fixated on raising it. While some coaches help address self-esteem issues, my team ...