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Does Doing What You Love Require Doing What You Hate?
We're often told: Do what you love.Our friends, teachers and whoever else cares about us says it. Self-help authors say it. On good days, we say it to ourselves.It's a truth nugget…
Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
Were You Trained to Hate Yourself?
One night many years ago, when I was 29, I sat beside my father in a car.He was criticizing a young friend of ours for having planned a very costly wedding. In the process of plann…
Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
Are You Your Own Prisoner?
Dusk fell over the Greek island with a soft strumming sound: the salty, minty sea breeze sighing over sand and stone and shattered shrines. Down village lanes gone bruise-blue with…Tags:
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Littering is Really, Really Bad
Yesterday a man was walking toward me on the sidewalk, unwrapping a sandwich. Just as we passed, he flicked the paper wrapper from his hand into the street.This didn't happen by ac…Tags:
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What's the One and Only New Year's Resolution That People With Low Self-Esteem Should Make?
This is the time of year -- and pretty much the only time of year -- when the plural noun "resolutions" comes into frequent usage. Suddenly every blog, magazine and TV talk show ex…Tags:
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5 Ways to Keep Self-Loathing From Snuffing Out the Holiday Spirit
Strung with baubles, soaring ceilingward and breathing strong pinesap perfume, the hotel's Christmas tree transfixes me. Then the magic shatters and I skulk away, feeling punished …Tags:
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Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
Kindred Spirits Can Save Your Life, Even If You Never Actually Meet Them
If low self-esteem had a Constitution, its First Amendment would be: I hate myself.Its Second Amendment would be: Everyone hates me.Illogically, maddeningly, this Second Amendment …Tags:
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The Uncertainty Curse
Few states of mind are more synonymous with low self-esteem than uncertainty.People with medium or high self-esteem are confident and secure. This confidence and security might wan…Tags:
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Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
Spa Treatments for Low Self-Esteem: A Lesson About Love
She ran her hands over my cheekbones, her fingerpads expert after years of experience, and ever so soft.And it was already outrageous, already almost unbearable, because it felt so…
Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
The Benefits of Being a Big Frog in a Small Pond
Those of us who struggle with low self-esteem might not like ourselves very much. But, because we're alive, we like other people and other stuff. As scathingly as we might view our…Tags:
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Worthy: A Self-Esteem Blog
Why Does Low Self-Esteem Make Us Lie—and How Can We Start Telling the Truth?
I once asked a friend whether she knew anything about Russian literature."No," she intoned, shaking her head with a studiedly blank look in her eyes. "Not a thing."Later I learned …Tags:
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