Youโre depressed, frustrated, life is bleakโฆ you find yourself saying/thinking:
โIโm so overweightโ
โIโm getting oldโ
โThey must think Iโve let myself goโ
โThey will pick this outfit to deathโ
โThey canโt possibly still love meโฆ look at me!โ
STOP ๐ Your Self-image matters
Having a negative self-image will influence your self-esteem.
In turn, having low self-esteem is usually accompanied by an unhealthy negative self-image.
Your self-image is based on your perceptions of reality.
Your self image is built over our lifetime and continues to change as you do, and it is definitely something you can have some influence overโฆ
How you see yourself & think of yourself
How you interpret how others see you or think of you
Your perception of your ideal self
When you feel bad about yourselves, your perception of yourself suffers and you start to feel pretty bad about yourself and your life in general.
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐!
Itโs important to have a healthy, positive & hopeful self image.
Here is one exercise i encourage you to start today
At approximately 4 pm, grab paper & pen & write down the below:
- One good thing that happened to me todayโฆ
- Something good that I saw someone doโฆ
- Today I had fun whenโฆ
- Something I accomplished todayโฆ
- Something funny that happened todayโฆ
- Someone I was thankful for today
The other thing I encourage is positive self talkโฆ we will start this journey by questioning our negative self talk:
- Iโm unlovable – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ?
- Iโm not good enough – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐โ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต?
- Iโm ugly – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐โ๐บ ๐๐ด๐น๐?
And so on..
Then we combat these thoughts with itโs positive counterpart:
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ & ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต & ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น, ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ & ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐
The original quote by Denis Waitley was :
โRelentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-imageโ.
I changed the quote to be:
โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ , ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒโ
Do you struggle with self image?
Share below in the comments how this makes you feelโฆ or DM me if you wish to share privately ๐๐ป
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How you see yourself is a huge contributing factor to how you feel about yourself.
It is how you perceive yourself.
In its simplest form itโs when you look in the mirror, and more complex form is how you perceive yourself in your mind.
Having a negative self-image will influence your self-esteem.
In turn, having low self-esteem is usually accompanied by an unhealthy negative self-image.
Your self-image is based on your perceptions of reality.
Your self image is built over our lifetime and continues to change as you do, and it is definitely something you can have some influence over…
How you see yourself & think of yourself
How you interpret how others see you or think of you
Your perception of your ideal self
When you feel bad about yourselves, your perception of yourself suffers and you start to feel pretty bad about yourself and your life in general.
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐!
Itโs important to have a healthy, positive & hopeful self image.
Here is one exercise i encourage you to start today
At approximately 4 pm, grab paper & pen & write down the below:
* One good thing that happened to me todayโฆ
* Something good that I saw someone doโฆ
* Today I had fun whenโฆ
* Something I accomplished todayโฆ
* Something funny that happened todayโฆ
* Someone I was thankful for today
The other thing I encourage is positive self talk… we will start this journey by questioning our negative self talk:
* Iโm unlovable – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ?
* Iโm not good enough – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐โ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต?
* Iโm ugly – ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐โ๐บ ๐๐ด๐น๐?
And so on..
Then we combat these thoughts with itโs positive counterpart:
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ & ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต & ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น, ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ & ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐
The original quote by Denis Waitley was :
โRelentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-imageโ.
I changed the quote to be:
โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ , ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒโ
Do you struggle with self image?
Share below in the comments how this makes you feel… or DM me if you wish to share privately ๐๐ป
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