How to improve your self worth

Are you currently suffering from low self worth? This post shows how to improve your self worth in 6 awesome ways.

You will also get to know why you lack self worth and why it is important to improve your self worth.

Your perception of yourself starts from the early childhood. The way you were being treated by your parents, relatives, friends, teachers, peers, and partners makes a stark impact on your worthiness.

Constant comparison, ill treatment, dismissing your efforts, bullying, etc builds your lack of confidence and makes you feel unloved or inadequate in your life. This feeling of thinking you as good for nothing is so painful that many of us forget to love ourselves.

With decreasing self worth we start to feel that we do not stand a chance of being valued or deserve our self love and self care! This is something very close to my heart when I was suffering from a lack of being worthy and it affected my life.

I am going to share with you exactly those steps that I still use to feel valued and capable. But first, let us get through the meaning and need of having self worth in our lives below.

What is self worth?

If you are feeling unloved and inadequate then surely you lack of self worth. Self worth is the feeling of being worthy of love and respect from others in your life.

It is not based on any materials you possess or successes you have made. You are an individual and deserve the care and attention to feel good about yourself.

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How different is self esteem?

Before we define the need to improve self worth it is important to note that your self esteem and self worth are not the same. And shattered self esteem can tear down your essence of adequacy if you think low about yourself.

We already know that self worth is the inner sense of feeling loved and capable of doing anything. A deep emotion of belongingness and being good enough comes from being worthy.

On the other hand self esteem comes from the sense of external validations. It is the feeling one has with success, possessions and social accolades.

For example, you are very popular among your peers, they love you for what you are not who you are. Your confidence, charisma, success, or material accumulation are what attract others to you.

But internally you may think low of yourself and suffer from low self worth or feel inadequate, and unloved. Your way to find respect and attention is only from external appreciation.

Your true value is built on the facade of your self worth not self esteem. This is the reason why improving self worth is the preliminary step to build your confidence and positive self belief.

Why it is important to improve self worth?

1. The perception of self worth increases resilience in times of challenges

2. High self worth lowers anxiety and depression

3. You feel loved and deep sense of belonging

4. You feel capable of achieving anything.

5. Improving self worth increases being secured in your relationships.

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Now let us go through the 6 ways you can improve your self worth and find your true value to live a fulfilling life.

6 Ways to Improve Your Self Worth

1. Notice your inner talking

The way to talk to yourself determines how you think about yourself.

If your inner dialogue is “I cannot do this”, “I am not beautiful enough”, “I don’t see anything good in my life”, then you are constantly suffering from low self belief.

A negative mindset that tells you that everything is doomed in your life is the foundation of having a lack of self worth.

Try changing your conversations in your mind as well as in words into positive statements.

Start affirming ” I am grateful for my life”, “I am a magnet for joy”, “I am filled with a deep sense of my value”, and “I am capable of creating the life I desire”.

Your outlook toward life is bound to change with practice. You slowly start to find hope and confidence in your abilities.

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2. Be kind to yourself

Self acceptance is the stepping stone to the path of self worth. Accept the person you are without being the harshest critic.

Behave with kindness to yourself all the time. Never put yourself down by saying, ” I am good for nothing”. Stop treating yourself with reprimand or rebuke.

Remind yourself that these toxic statements are not yours. They are the reflections of your childhood surroundings.

You are shaped mentally so that this self doubt has been etched in your personality. You have started to believe that you are unloved and inadequate to achieve anything in life.

Start now by showing more self love and self care. Recite mantras like “I love myself”, “I am going to get through any challenges”, and “I am going to treat myself with love”.

These positive habits build resilience and boost confidence. Self compassion boosts your self worth.

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3. Adopt a healthy lifestyle

Take care of your health and life choices. These good habits work wonders to improve your self worth.

Lack of feeling worthy makes us neglect our health, food habits, lifestyle habits. This further increases anxiety, stress, and depression.

Create a good eating habit, a morning routine with an exercise schedule with basic stretching or walking. Engage in fun activities that fill your heart and mind with happiness.

These self care practices help to make you feel valuable and strong from your body and mind. You feel worthy of living a holistic life.

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4. Set healthy boundaries

If you do not like something it is ok to say no when needed. Avoid being a people pleaser and take steps according to what others think of you.

When you feel low about yourself as a person who does not have value, you are allowing others to take advantage of you.

Stand up for yourself and state your opinion. Have your confident voice heard by others.

5. Forgive yourself and others

Let go of past hurts and pain and free your mind. Forgiveness is not easy but if practiced can improve your self worth.

Sometimes when you declutter your mind of baggage you allow your life filled with love and abundance.

Thinking about old events that brought you shame, resentment, guilt, doubt, and anger will only recreate those toxic things. Negate those people who were the cause of your present low self worth.

Enhance your self worth by letting go of toxic things out of your life. Forgive and move on to more power and feeling strong.

6. Surround with positive people

Choose your surroundings carefully. Positive people will always help you feel loved and more than enough. Your dreams and aspirations are supported by them.

On the other negative people will only tear your self confidence and inflict self doubt making you feel low.

Spend time with those whom you trust and they make you feel safe and cherished.

I hope with these tips you will be able to raise your lack of self worth. Bouncing back from any setbacks needs patience and practice.

Adopt good habits to change your life and become a valuable worthy self. You deserve the best in your life.

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