The Self-Care Handbook

3Feel Good About Yourself

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? … We are all meant to shine, as children do … It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.

Marianne Williamson

When you cease judging and berating yourself and being so hard on yourself; when you can accept yourself more, then self-esteem – recognizing your worth and liking yourself – rises naturally. But even when you are more able to accept yourself, low self-esteem can still sneak up on you and bring you down.

So what can help to develop and raise your self-esteem? There are a number of things. To begin with, you need an inner voice that acts as your own best friend; a positive inner voice that ...