<aside> 👉🏽 Using your strengths
Practicing gratitude – “3 Good Things Today”
Increase focus on positive things
Identifying OR changing your “core beliefs” about yourself
Identifying positive traits about yourself
Stop listening to your inner critic.
Self-compassion
Contribute to society, random acts of kindness, do meaningful things
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On a piece of paper or in a journal, write down all the awful things you’re saying that are making you believe you’re inadequate.
On the other side of the page, write down a kind, compassionate (and ultimately more realistic) response to those criticisms.
<aside> 👉🏽 “You’re so fat and ugly,” could be replaced with “I have pretty eyes, clear skin and a straight, bright smile.”
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<aside> 👉🏽 “You’re so dumb. You don’t even have a degree,” could be replaced with “I’m a really good writer, a fantastic photographer, and I could go back to school anytime I wanted to. I know I’d do really well because I have life experience now too.”
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