Self-Worth vs. Self-Esteem - Regain Self Worth

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This week's theme for the podcast is: Regain Self Worth

This week we are going to speak heavily on the importance of self-worth, what breaks it down & what builds it up & how it benefits our everyday lives.

Join me in learning more about regaining self-worth this week!

Here are some notes from today's episode:

• Let’s start with the distinction: Self-esteem is what you think, believe & feel about yourself. Self-worth is knowing that you are more than all those things, knowing that you are valuable, loveable & needed in this world.
• It’s pretty easy to mix these 2 up or believe these are the same thing. But just know that they are not the same. Similar, yes, but not the same.
• Self-esteem is how we evaluate ourselves. It’s us doing our own assessments & evaluations of who we are, what we are doing & whether or not we are doing it well.
• And having healthy self-esteem is super important because if you aren’t staying aware of your self-esteem being on an even keel, it will shift to one of the 2 extremes. Healthy self-esteem means you have an honest & realistic idea of what you’re all about. But when your self-esteem is too high, you regard yourself much higher than you should, including exaggerating your traits & downplaying your faults & it flies close to being a narcissist. But when it’s too low, you don’t treat yourself as well because you think too poorly of yourself.
• Self-worth is your belief that you are valuable, important, loveable despite what you may think about your skills, abilities, failures & successes. So if your self-esteem starts to plummet or go sideways for some reason, your self-worth still allows you to love yourself & know you still have worth.
• The thing that can really disrupt your self-worth is depression. Depression can cause you to think you aren’t worthy of so many things, which causes your self-worth to plummet. It’s a matter of your perception getting twisted, even to the point that you don’t believe you deserve love, but that others do, despite the fact that self-worth is the idea that you should have the same feelings about yourself that you do about others & what they deserve.
• It’s also important to note that self-esteem is also influenced by outside events & experiences. You’re basing how you think about yourself based on other people’s feedback, opinions, your experiences with others & how you fail & thrive in life. And unfortunately, by letting these things completely dictate your self-esteem, you limit your beliefs of yourself & ability to believe in yourself.
• Some people would say that self-worth is on more of a spiritual level, however you want to think about that, but it can be seen as more of an essence of who you are.
• And I think there is some truth to that, because generally, if you have a sense of self-worth, you have an unconditional sense of who you are, that you matter, you’re worthy of everything anyone else is & you don’t find the need to prove yourself in everything. Also, your goal should be to match your self-esteem to your self-worth.
• Both self-esteem & self-worth are necessary in life. And balance is key.

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