Insight4Change

SPECIALIZING IN TREATING ADDICTION

  JoAnne Lapi-Nuccio LMHC, CAP

If You’re Serious About Improving Your Self-Esteem-

1. Know that change IS possible
2. Recognize that change takes time.
3. Analyze the role that low self-esteem has played in your life, and consider what the pay-offs in holding on to it are.
4. Remember, you are not alone, don’t hesitate to reach out to others.
5. Have compassion for yourself.


Self-Esteem Picker Uppers-

1. Learn something new every day.
2. Do whatever it takes to feel good about yourself.
3. Cultivate people who give you a sense of importance.
4. Put out of your life anybody who puts you down
5. Do something each day that you do extremely well
6. Concentrate on the things that you like about yourself.
7. If you can change something about yourself that bothers you-do it—Immediately!
8. Always remember that the people around you who seem so controlled, even smug, could be fighting back panic.
9. Remember, acting confident is a positive step toward BEING confident.