Personal growth
Self-esteem
Treating yourself with respect without making your worth depend on approval, achievement or perfection.
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A mistake at work, a rejection or a comparison with someone else can easily become a judgement about your whole value. Self-esteem involves noticing that leap and learning to assess what happened without reducing yourself to the outcome.
Here we explore self-criticism, approval, shame and the difficulty of accepting your limits. Respecting yourself leaves room to admit mistakes and make repairs; it also means taking your needs seriously even when you have nothing impressive to show.